| A meatball is ground meat rolled into a small ball sometimes along with other ingredients such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning.
Meatballs can be cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce. Around the world, there are many types of meatballs using different types of meats and spices. The term meatball has even been extended to meatless versions using vegetables. The earliest meatballs came from Persian cookbooks featuring seasoned lamb rolled into orange-sized balls and glazed with egg yolk and sometimes saffron. These orange sized meatballs could be a big as 20 cm! Since then, meatballs have taken off around the world as a delicious, full flavoured dish that can be customized to the available ingredients or taste. Here is what some countries call meatballs (in case you travel and have a hankering for meatballs made by the region): Albanian – Gofte të fërguara. Austria – Fleischlaibchen. Belgium – Ballekes. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia – Ćufte. Bulgaria – Kyufte. Croatia – Polpete. Danish – Frikadeller. Estonia – Lihapallid. Finland – Lihapullat. France – Boulettes de viandes. Germany – Frikadelle, Fleischküchle, Fleischpflanzerl, Bulette or Klopse. Greece – Keftédes (κεφτέδες). Hungary – Vagdalt Italy – Polpette Netherlands – Gehaktbal. Norway – Kjøttkaker. Poland – Pulpety. Portugal – Almôndegas. Romania and Moldova – Chiftele and Pârjoale, Russia – Kotlety. Slovenia – Polpeti. Spain and Hispanic America – Albóndigas. Sweden – Köttbullar. Turkey – Köfte. Ukraine – Kotleta Now that you can order meatballs in a variety of languages and cuisines, you can make your own customized meatballs (and call it whatever you want) using the sensational flavours of ZEG Sauces. Here is a great meatball recipe that is tasty and delicious: Beef / Chicken / Turkey Meatballs with ZEG Sauce Glaze. Your local Lococo’s has a great sale on Lean Ground Pork for $2.99 / lb. so make sure you pick up a couple of packs! Make these meatballs as big or as small as you want for your dish but whatever you do make plenty of them as they will go fast with that mouth watering ZEG Sauce flavour! Enjoy! 🔷 ZEG sauces are a multiple use condiment sauce that can be used on any food around the world. 🔷 You can use ZEG sauces for basting, marinating, spreading, as a side dipping sauce, or dressing) the options are unlimited. 🔷 Use ZEG sauces on everything from chicken, pork, and beef to vegetables, rice, and tofu. |
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