Saturday, May 29, 2021

Meatballs Marsala #Recipe @PegCochan



This recipe comes from Skinnytaste although I made a few adaptations. You can easily substitute ground turkey for the ground chicken, which can be difficult to find although you can grind a breast or two in your food processor. Also, our store doesn't offer the widest array of mushrooms so I substituted baby bellas for both mushrooms in the recipe. If you can find the others though, I'm sure it would be delicious! And finally, I didn't have any Pecorino cheese but found that Parmesan was just as delicious.

This is a great recipe for meal prep--you can make and freeze the meatballs in advance and then finish the dish the night you plan to put it on the menu.

Ingredients

8 ounces mushrooms – Cremini, regular, baby bellas (divided)
1 lb. ground chicken or ground turkey
1/3 cup bread crumbs with Italian seasoning

¼ cup Pecorino or Parmesan cheese

1 large egg, beaten
3 garlic cloves, minced
2 TBL chopped parsley
Salt and ground pepper to taste
½ TBL flour
½ TBL unsalted butter
¼ cup chopped shallots

3 ounces sliced shitake mushrooms
1/3 cup Marsala wine
¾ cup chicken broth

 

Preheat the oven to 400F.

Finely chop half of the Cremini mushrooms (or mushrooms of your choice) and transfer to a medium bowl with the ground chicken or turkey, breadcrumbs, Pecorino, egg, 1 clove of the minced garlic, parsley, 1 teaspoon kosher salt (or to taste) and black pepper, to taste.


 



Gently shape into 25 small meatballs, bake 15 to 18 minutes, until golden.

 




In a small bowl whisk the flour with the Marsala wine and broth.

Heat a large skillet on medium heat.

Add the butter, remaining garlic and shallots and cook until soft and golden, about 2 minutes.

 




Add the remaining mushrooms, season with 1/8 teaspoon salt (or to taste) and a pinch of black pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 5 minutes.

 




Add the meatballs to the pot, pour the Marsala wine mixture over the meatballs, cover and cook 10 minutes.



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6 comments:

  1. This sounds delicious.
    A question. "8 ounces mushrooms" "3 ounces sliced shitake mushrooms" "Finely chop half of the Cremini mushrooms" "Add the remaining mushrooms"
    Do we start with a total of 8 oz or 8+3 oz mushrooms? Chop half of which amount? How many remaining mushrooms should there be?

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    1. Math was never my strong suit lol! That is how it's stated in the original recipe and I believe it is meant to call for 11 ounces of mushrooms. I put half the mushrooms in the meatballs and then put the other half in the sauce. I just bought one container of baby bellas, which I believe was 8 oz. I didn't worry about buying 3 more ounces. It's fluid--you can put in as many mushrooms as you like and any variety you enjoy.

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    2. Thanks.
      Food can be so forgiving...unless it's fussy baking!

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  2. Laughing at your substitutions. It's become a joke with my son whether I have all ingredients called for in a dish. This sounds delicious but I would probably substitute ground beef, since I never have ground poultry on hand.

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    1. I think it would be delicious with ground beef. We try to limit red meat so I went with the ground turkey.

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  3. Who doesn't love meatballs?! I'm always trying them different ways and this definitely fits the bill. Thanks, Peg!

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