Parmesan Meatballs

Name: Parmesan Meatballs
Yield: Four servings.
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 4 teaspoons bread crumbs; 4 teaspoons butter, at room temperature; 4 lemon wedges; 4 teaspoons Parmesan cheese; 1 pound twice-ground round steak

Preparation info

Four
servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

About

These meatballs, which are broiled, are simple to prepare and taste most unusual. They are an exceptionally good accompaniment for spaghetti with tomato sauce, and they are also delicious served as a luncheon or picnic dish.

Ingredients

1 pound twice-ground round steak
4 teaspoons Parmesan cheese
4

Side dish

Method

Place the ground steak in a mixing bowl and add the cheese, bread crumbs, butter, salt, and pepper. Mix the ingredients with the fingers until blended. Divide the mixture into four parts and shape each into rather fat meatballs. Do not flatten them like ordinary meatballs.
Preheat the broiler to full heat. Place the meatballs on a small rack in a baki