How to Make Meatballs in White Sauce
INGREDIENTS
For meatballs
- Unsalted butter – 2 tablespoon
- Garlic minced – 2 cloves
- White onion – 1/3 cup minced
- Allspice grounded – ¼ teaspoon
- Milk – ½ cup
- Worcestershire sauce – 1 teaspoon
- Lean ground beef – 1 pound
- Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
- Egg (whole) – 1 large
- Egg white only – 1
- Vegetable oil – as required
- Bread crumbs – 1 cup
For gravy
- Low sodium beef broth – 1 ½ cups
- All-purpose flour – 2 tablespoon
- Unsalted butter – 2 tablespoon
- Heavy cream – ¼ cup
- Worcestershire sauce – 1 teaspoon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Parsley finely chopped – 2 tablespoon
DIRECTIONS
- Heat the butter on medium heat and add onion, garlic, salt and white pepper and allspices in it.
- Cook it for about 5 minutes until onion is soft. Now add milk and Worcestershire sauce in it and bring to simmer.
- Pour the mix to bread crumbs in a bowl and let it cool.
- Now add grounded beef, egg, and egg white and mix until combined.
- Make 1 inch balls from the mixture and place them on a greased baking sheet. Cover it with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F; bake meatballs for about 20 minutes
- For the gravy: melt butter in a pan, add flour to it and cook until makes a smooth paste.
- Keep whisking and add beef broth, Worcestershire sauce and bring to simmer.
- Now, add cream and meatballs and let it simmer on medium-low heat for about 10 minutes
- Once it thickens finely, season with salt and pepper and transfers to a serving dish.
- Sprinkle parsley on serving the dish to enhance the presentation.