Oven Meatballs And Gravy

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground round
• 1 lb ground lamb
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 4 ounces french bread, with crust removed
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 yellow onion, diced (i use a small onion)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• breadcrumbs, for coating
• olive oil (for frying, enough to come to the half-point of the meatball)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 cube french bread and soak in milk about 10 minutes or until soft.
• 2 crumble meat in large bowl and add eggs, onion, garlic italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
• 3 squeeze milk out of bread and crumble bread into meat mixture.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 shape into balls and roll in bread crumbs.
• 6 in dutch oven, heat olive oil.
• 7 brown meatballs in batches, turning to brown all sides.
• 8 after browning, drain off all but about 1 tbsp oil and add butter and beef broth to pot.
• 9 add meatballs back in.
• 10 cover and bake in a 350 oven for 45 minutes-1 hour.
• 11 when meatballs are done-- remove to platter and keep warm.
• 12 add cornstarch to the beef broth (i pour about 1/2 cup of broth into measuring cup and add the cornstarch, then pour back into pot).
• 13 bring to a boil over medium heat and cook, stirring until thickened for gravy.
• 14 serve over meatballs.