Meatballs With Blue Cheese Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or part garlic salt)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 -2 clove garlic, mashed
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (4 ounces)
• chopped parsley or chives or green onion (garnish) (optional)
• pepper or paprika (garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 for meatballs: preheat oven to 5oo f.
• 2 combine meat, crumbs, milk, eggs and salt in a bowl.
• 3 mix lightly to blend.
• 4 shape into balls about the size of marbles.
• 5 (makes about 100 meatballs).
• 6 arrange on shallow, rimmed baking pans and bake for 4 to 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 add meatballs to the sauce, including any pan juices.
• 8 for sauce: heat butter in a pan over medium heat, stir in the flour and mashed garlic and cook until blended and bubbly.
• 9 gradually stir in the half& half and chicken broth.
• 10 cook, stirring, until thickened.
• 11 add the crumbled blue cheese and stir until blended.
• 12 add salt if needed.
• 13 stir in meatballs.
• 14 to serve (if made ahead): refrigerate the meatballs and sauce until time to serve.
• 15 reheat meat and sauce together, covered, over low heat, stirring gently several times (can use microwave).
• 16 sprinkle with garnish just before serving.
• 17 keep warm in a crockpot or chafing dish.