Meatballs are smothered in the most amazing rich and creamy gravy. The meatballs are packed with such delicious flavor. Savory, comforting and smothered with a sauce that melts in your mouth. You will quickly agree these are the BEST you have ever had!
Have fun with this favorite. Let it develop wonderful tastes in the oven while you don't have to stand over it. Yes, it takes effort but sometimes you just need to spend effort for someone you love.
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
¼ cup panko bread crumbs *
¼ tsp allspice
¼ tsp nutmeg
1 medium yellow onion, grated
½ tsp Garlic Powder
⅛ tsp Pepper
½ tsp salt
1 egg
1 tbsp. olive oil
5 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. flour
2 cups beef broth
1 cup half & half (Non fat)
1 TBS Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste
½ package of pasta (noodles work well)
Instructions
In a large bowl combine ground beef, panko, parsley, allspice, nutmeg, onion, garlic powder, pepper, salt and egg. Mix until combined.
NOTE: slave found the cupboard was bare of panko crumbs. No worries, I just put 4 pieces of whole wheat bread in the large bowl and grated the onion on top so that the onion juice soaked into the bread. If needed, I would add another TBS of beef broth to get the bread very damp. Then added the rest of the ingredients and mixed well. Let sit so that the moisture absorbs!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment.
Using a small ice cream scoop make about 20 small meatballs.
Dip you fingers into a small dish of water and roll each meatball into a nice shape and place on parchment.
A properly roasted mushroom is meaty, intense, and deeply flavored.
Conventional wisdom tells you never to wash mushrooms, but it's okay go ahead and do it. Even after a prolonged soak, they gain about 2% of their total weight in water, which is not enough to make a big difference in cook time. You can wash them in cold water with vinegar, rinse well. Though I'd advise cutting and trimming them before washing, they're a bit slippery when wet.
To start, toss mushrooms with olive oil. Spread them out onto a foil lined and sprayed baking sheet.
When roasting mushrooms, we’re looking for them to turn brown and caramelized in spots.
Slave chose fresh green beans for a side dish. So they were snapped, rinsed and drizzled with olive oil.
Roast all three pans for 30 to 35 mins. Remove and let sit.
While that cooks prepare the pasta and drain.
Add 4 TBS butter and flour to a skillet and whisk until it turns brown. Slowly stir in beef broth and half & half. Add Worcestershire sauce and Dijon mustard and bring to a simmer until sauce starts to thicken. Salt and pepper to taste.
Add the meatballs back to the skillet and simmer for another 2 - 3 minutes. Serve over pasta or even white rice.
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To satisfy and restore.
To nourish, support and maintain.
To gratify, spoil, comfort and please,
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…..I cook!
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While popular notions of history often paint Viking men as violent brutes, their customs and culture didn't always comply with our modern-day expectations.
Vikings took great pride in their appearance, scent, and their level of desirability. Men would make it a point to bathe at least once a week (which was frequent for the time). Men and women both dyed their hair and dressed in clean, colorful clothing, jewelry, and cloak pins to flaunt wealth and style. The men often wore make-up. They engaged in premarital affairs, though marriage and procreation were still primary goals. In fact, these two milestones were expected.
Scandinavian men and women who never married because of their sexual orientation were shunned from society, a view that stemmed from the society's emphasis on reproduction and farming. As long as a Viking married a partner of the opposite sex and produced offspring, however, anything else they did was OK and were generally ignored with few exceptions. Men who "submitted" to other men in a sexual context were believed to be more likely to reflect this submission in other areas of life, such as farming or commerce. He would have been believed to be weak and unassertive, qualities that were opposite of Vikings' ideals of manhood. Their views on homosexuality weren't enforced regulations, but rather cultural norms based on what they perceived to be proper decorum.
Lesbianism is hardly mentioned in Viking lore, most likely because Viking communities were more preoccupied with the notion of men being penetrated for pleasure.
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