Categories: Appetizers
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 lb. bulk pork sausage
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 3/4 cup apple jelly
- 1/3 cup spicy brown mustard
- 1/3 cup whiskey or apple juice
- 1 1/2 tsp Worcestershire
- Few dashes bottled hot pepper sauce
Directions
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Preheat oven to 375. In a large bowl, beat eggs with a fork. Add bread crumbs, onion, milk, salt, and pepper. Add sausage and beef; mix well. Shape into about forty-eight 1 1/4-1 1/2-inch meatballs. Place in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, about 30 minutes or until cooked through. Drain.
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Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, stir together jelly, mustard, whiskey or apple juice, Worcestershire, and bottled hot pepper sauce; heat and stir until jelly melts and mixture bubbles. Add meatballs. Cook, stirring gently, for 3-5 minutes or until sauce thickens slightly and meatballs are coated.