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This week I was in the mood for some meatballs!

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These are Cocktail Meatballs!

AuthorRetroRuth
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From My Mother's Personal Recipe Collection, 1977

Tested Recipe!

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 1 pound ground beef
 ½ cup bread crumbs
  cup minced onion
 ¼ cup milk
 1 egg
 1 tbsp parsley
 1 tsp salt
  tsp pepper
 ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
 ¼ cup oil
 1 bottle chili sauce12 oz
 1 jar grape jelly or cranberry sauceapprox 10 oz.

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Mix the first 9 ingredients and shape into balls. Brown in oil. Take out and drail oi. Mix in chili sauce and jelly. Stir constantly till jelly is melted. Add meatballs and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve warm.

Ingredients

 1 pound ground beef
 ½ cup bread crumbs
  cup minced onion
 ¼ cup milk
 1 egg
 1 tbsp parsley
 1 tsp salt
  tsp pepper
 ½ tsp Worcestershire sauce
 ¼ cup oil
 1 bottle chili sauce12 oz
 1 jar grape jelly or cranberry sauceapprox 10 oz.

Directions

1

Mix the first 9 ingredients and shape into balls. Brown in oil. Take out and drail oi. Mix in chili sauce and jelly. Stir constantly till jelly is melted. Add meatballs and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve warm.

Cocktail Meatballs

I have to admit I cheated a bit this week with this one. I’ve published this recipe on the blog before, though I’ve never taken photos and written it up as a real post. As I was digging out and organizing my holiday recipes, I decided to remedy that. Because if you don’t already have a version of this recipe in your family recipe box,  you need to add it!

 

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This one is special to my family because it was given to my mother by her next door neighbor in the late 1970’s.  My mom made it for Christmas Eve that year and has been making it every year since.

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Our family traditionally has cocktails and snacks for Christmas Eve “dinner”, which include my mom’s Party Cheese Ball recipe and these lovely meatballs. In fact, my brother has declared that it just isn’t Christmas without them!

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“So, how do they taste?”

“Like Christmas.”

The Verdict: Festively Delicious

From The Tasting Notes

These are a really good addition to your cocktail, holiday or even game day party. These are a classic in our family, and everyone agrees that they are a big part of the Christmas tradition. The meatballs are moist and juice and the sauce ends up on the sweet side of sweet-spicy. If you want something with a bit more tart to it, feel free to substitute a can of cranberry sauce for the grape jelly. My mother tends to put the finished meatballs in the crockpot and then put the sauce on top and let it cook in that way, but I like to make the sauce in the pan and let it caramelize a bit before pouring it over the meatballs in an electric skillet or chafing dish. Enjoy!

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