Party Meatballs with Maple Glaze
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Cooking:
25 min.
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Servings per container:
14
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Ingredients for - Party Meatballs with Maple Glaze

1. Extra-virgin olive oil - 1 tablespoon
2. Finely chopped onion - ½ cup
3. Garlic, minced - 2 cloves
4. Hot Italian pork sausage, casing removed - ½ pound
5. Ground beef - ½ pound
6. Italian-seasoned bread crumbs - ½ cup
7. Chopped cooked bacon - ½ cup
8. Egg, lightly beaten - 1 large
9. Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste - 1 large
10. Water - 1 cup
11. Grade A maple syrup - ½ cup
12. Chicken soup base - 1 teaspoon
13. Cayenne, or to taste - ⅛ teaspoon
14. Cooked, crumbled bacon - 3 slices
15. Wooden toothpicks (optional) - 3 slices

How to cook deliciously - Party Meatballs with Maple Glaze

1. Stage

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.

2. Stage

Heat olive oil in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat and cook onion until softened, about 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Remove from heat.

3. Stage

Combine Italian sausage, ground beef, bread crumbs, cooked bacon, egg, salt, pepper, and the contents of the skillet in a bowl. Using your fingers, combine ingredients until they are well mixed. Form into about 14 meatballs, 2 inches in diameter, and place on the prepared sheet pan.

4. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, 20 to 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

5. Stage

While the meatballs are baking, make the glaze. Combine water, maple syrup, soup base, and cayenne pepper in a 10-inch, nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Bring to a boil and reduce heat slightly. Boil until reduced by half, 8 to 10 minutes.

6. Stage

Remove glaze from heat and allow to cool. Use a rubber spatula to scrape down any syrup that clings to the sides of the skillet, and stir back into the glaze.

7. Stage

Place meatballs in a serving dish and drizzle glaze over each meatball. Top with cooked, crumbled bacon and serve warm with toothpicks.