Sweet Meatballs
By: Michael
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 11:15pm

Ingredients




2 pounds of lean hamburger
1 pound of ground pork
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups bread crumbs (unseasoned)
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
2 cups all purpose flour
1 pound light brown sugar
12 ounces Heinz chili sauce
12 ounces beer (lager)

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 2 Start with the sauce. Combine brown sugar, chili sauce and beer (mixture will foam when you add the beer). 3 Mix well and set aside. 4 Combine meat, eggs, milk, bread crumbs, mustard and nutmeg in a large mixing bowl. 5 Mix until all ingredients are evenly distributed. I've found it is easiest to use your hands for this. 6 Place flour in a small bowl. 7 Form meat into ~1 1/4" balls. 8 Roll each ball in the flour and shake off any excess. 9 Place meatballs in two un-greased 9" x 13" baking pans. 10 Pour sauce evenly over all of the meatballs. 11 Bake at 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes. 12 Turn each meatball over and  bake another 25 - 30 min. or until meat is fully cooked. 13 Sauce will thicken as it cools.

About


Depending on the pans you use and the size of your meatballs, it might be a tight fit to get them all in the pans. This is ok, the meatballs will shrink as they cook.
While they are probably intended as an appetizer, these meatballs make a good main course when served over white rice.
The meatballs freeze very well.