For the ingredients, prepare the following:
1. Green bell pepper, diced
2. Garlic, minced
3. Egg
4. Seasoned or plain bread crumbs
5. Pork mince/ground pork
6. Onions
7. Dried oregano
8. Dried basil
First, defrost the your meat then mix it with bread crumbs. I bought seasoned bread crumbs, which is basically chicken breading with bread crumbs. You can use plain bread crumbs but make sure to add some all-purpose flour, salt, and pepper. Then, add your spices. I used oregano and basil but you can also use the pizza seasoning. I think it's from McCormick also. It already has mix of herbs and spices.
Next, get a clean bowl and start beating the eggs. For every one-fourth kilo of pork, I use one egg. Just adjust by adding eggs or bread crumbs until you get a moldable mixture since the consistency of the mixture will vary depending on the size of the eggs.
Next, add the eggs to the seasoned pork mince and bread crumbs. I also added onions and garlic to the mixture. You can add bell pepper to give it a bit more flavor but this is totally optional.
Blend the mixture well. Then, here comes the fun part, start forming them into balls. For no messy handling of the mixture, I used two spoons and formed the balls as seen in the picture, getting a bit of the mixture then moving it from one spoon to another.
For extra yumminess, I even added cheese to the meatballs by pushing diced cheese at the center of the ball then re-forming it just enough to cover the cheese.
Dust a bit of breading or plain all-purpose flour onto a plate then roll all the formed balls into it. You can now store it in the freezer or like what I did on the next step, cook it until golden brown.
Just place the balls in hot oil in a clockwise manner just so that you know which ones to turn first. This is a technique I learned from watching so many YouTube videos from Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay if I'm not mistaken ;)
Fry until crisp and golden brown on the outside then serve immediately or add it to your favorite tomato-based pasta sauce. The hubs placed half of it with the sauce and the other half we just topped on the spaghetti. I like my meatballs crispy :)
Hope you enjoy today's recipe, and don't you worry, I will be back blogging regularly starting first with an entry each week. I think that would be a good goal to start with, with the baby and all :) I missed you guys! Have fun and enjoy! Til our next post! Have a great day! :)
