Sweet and Sour Meatballs

Meatballs and spaghetti is one of my favorite foods, so when my mom made this recipe for me I fell in love with it.  I actually like it over traditional meatballs.  I decided to make mini-meatballs over a bed of rice to serve as an appetizer for Friday night Shabbos dinner and it was a huge hit.

Sweet and Sour Meatballs

1 pound ground beef

1 large egg

1/4 cup breadcrumbs

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp pepper

1 (16-ounce) can of whole berry cranberry sauce

1 (26 ounce) jar of your favorite marinara sauce

1. Place the ground beef into the mixing bowl.  Add the egg, breadcrumbs, pepper, onion powder and garlic powder to the beef.

2. Mush the mixture until all the ingredients are incorporated.

3. Form the mixture into balls between the size of a dime or nickel (for smaller meatballs) and quarter or half-dollar size (for larger meatballs).

4. Pour the cranberry sauce and the marinara sauce into a medium pot.  Place the pot over medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring with a spoon every few minutes until the sauce is smooth/the marinara and the cranberry sauce are incorporated).

5. Add the meatballs to the pot slowly, being careful not to have the sauce spray up and burn you.

6. Set the heat as low as possible.

7. Cover the pot and cook for about 40 minutes.

Serve over rice or pasta.

Enjoy!!