Drunken Cranberry Cocktail Meatballs
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Drunken Cranberry Cocktail Meatballs ~ tender meatballs in a cranberry bourbon barbecue sauce ~ oh yeah!
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Ingredients
for the rosemary cranberry sauce
- 1 12 oz cranberries fresh, bag; will make more sauce than needed
- 1 cup sugar
- rosemary several sprigs, fresh
for the meatballs
- 1/2 lb ground beef
- 1/2 lb ground pork or veal
- 1/4 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg well beaten
- 1/4 cup onion finely minced
- salt fresh cracked
- black pepper fresh cracked
- olive oil for browning
for the cranberry bourbon sauce
- 1 cup cranberry sauce rosemary flavor; recipe above or your favorite cranberry sauce
- 1/4 cup barbecue sauce your favorite kind
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup bourbon
- 1 Tbsp Sriracha sauce
Instructions
- First make the cranberry sauce. Put the berries, the sugar, and a cup of water in a saucepan and stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the rosemary sprigs and bring everything up to a boil. Turn down the heat and boil gently for 10 minutes. Fish out the rosemary sprigs and then let the sauce cool.
- To make the sauce, add all the sauce ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to combine everything. Turn down the heat and cook for about 10 minutes until thickened.
- To make the meatballs, put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. I like to break up the ground meat as I add it to the bowl to make it easier to combine well. Use your clean fingertips to mix everything, just until well combined.
- Use a tablespoon or a small cookie scoop to form balls about 1" in diameter. Roll them in your hands until round, and then set on a plate.
- Coat the bottom of a skillet with olive oil and heat until hot. Brown the meatballs on all sides.
- Add the bourbon cranberry sauce to the skillet, and stir to cover the meatballs. Add a little bit of water if the sauce seems too thick.
- Cook, covered, for about 10 minutes until the meatballs are cooked through, they should read about 160F on an instant read thermometer inserted in the center. I baste the meatballs often during the cooking.
- Serve the meatballs hot, with the sauce.
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