Small BBQ Meatballs

Small Meat Balls in Barbecue Sauce

 – from Barbara Humphrey 

(shared by Mike and Serena Crossfield Humphrey – Barbara is Mike’s mother)

 

1 pound ground beef

½ pound ground pork

1 pound ground veal        (2 ½ pounds meatloaf meat mix – best if meat is all ground all together)

4 slices bread

¾ cup milk

1 onion, minced finely

2 teaspoons salt

¼ teaspoon pepper

1 clove garlic, minced fine

⅛ teaspoon nutmeg

⅛ teaspoon allspice

2 eggs

 

Sauce

½ cup onion, minced

2 Tablespoons butter

1 cup catsup

⅓ cup vinegar

2 Tablespoons brown sugar

½ cup of water

2 teaspoons prepared mustard

2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

⅛ tsp salt

Combine all ingredients in saucepan and simmer for 10 minutes.

 

Have meat finely ground together, crumble bread and mix with milk. Add meat mixture to bread/milk and mix well. Add remaining ingredients mixing until well blended. Form into one inch balls. Small size balls are best to make five to six dozen small balls. Let stand 30 minutes. 

 

Brown balls on all sides in skillet on medium heat. Pour off fat.

 

Add BB sauce over browned balls.  Simmer covered 30 minutes. 

 

Can also bake balls in a 350 degree oven for 15 minutes on a cookie sheet (drain grease) and then combine with sauce into a crockpot or dutch oven to simmer. 

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