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Eight Common Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Meatballs
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A Mako food article by Hadran Elias lists eight common mistakes that ruin meatballs and explains how to fix them. It covers meat choice, onion, binders, seasoning, mixing, shaping, frying, and cooking in sauce.
- 01Use meat with enough fat, or add moisture and olive oil.
- 02Finely prepare onions and do not skip a starchy binder.
- 03Taste a test patty before seasoning the whole batch.
- 04Mix briefly, shape gently, and avoid crowding the pan.
- 05Sauce for meatballs must be boiling before they go in.
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