Boiling meatballs, how long?
I would like to make some meatballs to go with a generic pasta dish. I am thinking about 10 balls from a pound of raw ground pork or beef. I have been searching for how to safely do this. Some say to boil the meatballs for about 30 min, others claim that 10 min is enough. I imagine just boiling them in a large pot in broth or water with spices added.
How can one safely boil meatballs?
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I would like to make some meatballs to go with a generic pasta dish. I am thinking about 10 balls from a pound of raw ground pork or beef. I have been searching for how to safely do this. Some say to boil the meatballs for about 30 min, others claim that 10 min is enough. I imagine just boiling them in a large pot in broth or water with spices added.
How can one safely boil meatballs?
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My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
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I would like to make some meatballs to go with a generic pasta dish. I am thinking about 10 balls from a pound of raw ground pork or beef. I have been searching for how to safely do this. Some say to boil the meatballs for about 30 min, others claim that 10 min is enough. I imagine just boiling them in a large pot in broth or water with spices added.
How can one safely boil meatballs?
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I would like to make some meatballs to go with a generic pasta dish. I am thinking about 10 balls from a pound of raw ground pork or beef. I have been searching for how to safely do this. Some say to boil the meatballs for about 30 min, others claim that 10 min is enough. I imagine just boiling them in a large pot in broth or water with spices added.
How can one safely boil meatballs?
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My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
– Rob
9 hours ago
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My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
– Rob
9 hours ago
My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
– Rob
9 hours ago
My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
– Rob
9 hours ago
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Getting meatballs done is a matter of raising them to the correct internal temperature. 30 minutes seems like a long time even for large meatballs, but it depends on many factors. The best way is to pull the biggest one out and test it, first see if it's firm or squishy - firm means it's getting close to done. If it's firm stick an instant read thermometer into the very center of it, if the temperature is at or above 160F (70C) then they are all done. If you test a medium size one the larger ones may need a little longer.
Incidentally, boiling meatballs is not the only way to do it, and my least favorite because some of the flavor is lost to the water. You can bake them, fry them, or cook them in a sauce as well. Cooking them in a sauce imparts flavor to the sauce, you'll get the fat from the meat too, though.
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And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
add a comment |
If you only boil the meatballs, food safety shouldn't be your primary concern, making something tasteless is :-). Please brown them first! That will take a few minutes. Then you can finish cooking them by simmering in the sauce, but also impart some flavor to the sauce in the process.
Hardly any flavor will go from something in the water to boiled meatballs, you'll just leech all the flavor out. The herbs should go in the meatballs. I usually find that if I put the water on when I put the meatballs in the sauce, the desired degree of doneness/flavor melding will be achieved by the time the pasta is done (although mind that I usually make whole wheat pasta, so maybe add 5mn simmering if you don't).
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Sous Vide them for an hour or so at 65c. You can seal them first or get some colour on them after. Get all the juice that comes out of them and then stick it in your pasta sauce - mad flavour!
Or just seal them off in a pan for flavour, then finish them in the pasta sauce for 10 mins most.
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Getting meatballs done is a matter of raising them to the correct internal temperature. 30 minutes seems like a long time even for large meatballs, but it depends on many factors. The best way is to pull the biggest one out and test it, first see if it's firm or squishy - firm means it's getting close to done. If it's firm stick an instant read thermometer into the very center of it, if the temperature is at or above 160F (70C) then they are all done. If you test a medium size one the larger ones may need a little longer.
Incidentally, boiling meatballs is not the only way to do it, and my least favorite because some of the flavor is lost to the water. You can bake them, fry them, or cook them in a sauce as well. Cooking them in a sauce imparts flavor to the sauce, you'll get the fat from the meat too, though.
answered yesterday
GdDGdD
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And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
add a comment |
Getting meatballs done is a matter of raising them to the correct internal temperature. 30 minutes seems like a long time even for large meatballs, but it depends on many factors. The best way is to pull the biggest one out and test it, first see if it's firm or squishy - firm means it's getting close to done. If it's firm stick an instant read thermometer into the very center of it, if the temperature is at or above 160F (70C) then they are all done. If you test a medium size one the larger ones may need a little longer.
Incidentally, boiling meatballs is not the only way to do it, and my least favorite because some of the flavor is lost to the water. You can bake them, fry them, or cook them in a sauce as well. Cooking them in a sauce imparts flavor to the sauce, you'll get the fat from the meat too, though.
answered yesterday
GdDGdD
38.9k159111
4
And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
add a comment |
Getting meatballs done is a matter of raising them to the correct internal temperature. 30 minutes seems like a long time even for large meatballs, but it depends on many factors. The best way is to pull the biggest one out and test it, first see if it's firm or squishy - firm means it's getting close to done. If it's firm stick an instant read thermometer into the very center of it, if the temperature is at or above 160F (70C) then they are all done. If you test a medium size one the larger ones may need a little longer.
Incidentally, boiling meatballs is not the only way to do it, and my least favorite because some of the flavor is lost to the water. You can bake them, fry them, or cook them in a sauce as well. Cooking them in a sauce imparts flavor to the sauce, you'll get the fat from the meat too, though.
answered yesterday
GdDGdD
38.9k159111
Getting meatballs done is a matter of raising them to the correct internal temperature. 30 minutes seems like a long time even for large meatballs, but it depends on many factors. The best way is to pull the biggest one out and test it, first see if it's firm or squishy - firm means it's getting close to done. If it's firm stick an instant read thermometer into the very center of it, if the temperature is at or above 160F (70C) then they are all done. If you test a medium size one the larger ones may need a little longer.
Incidentally, boiling meatballs is not the only way to do it, and my least favorite because some of the flavor is lost to the water. You can bake them, fry them, or cook them in a sauce as well. Cooking them in a sauce imparts flavor to the sauce, you'll get the fat from the meat too, though.
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And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
add a comment |
4
And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
4
4
And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
And an Italian lady that I used to know always fried the meatballs first to get a little brown on them and then plopped them in the gravy. Also you boil them in the gravy for a long-ish time not to make sure they are cooked but to impart flavor to the gravy... (oh and gravy = tomato sauce)
– Steve Chambers
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
Italian's and Italian-Americans are generally mixed on the approach. Some prefer a sear first, some prefer a straight poach in the sauce. Both can be delicious.
– moscafj
yesterday
1
1
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
There is no single Italian way to do it, recipes vary from region to town to family. However, they all agree Italian-Americans do it wrong!
– GdD
yesterday
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
I hope the Italian lady wasn't preparing meatballs for pasta...
– Lonidard
22 hours ago
add a comment |
If you only boil the meatballs, food safety shouldn't be your primary concern, making something tasteless is :-). Please brown them first! That will take a few minutes. Then you can finish cooking them by simmering in the sauce, but also impart some flavor to the sauce in the process.
Hardly any flavor will go from something in the water to boiled meatballs, you'll just leech all the flavor out. The herbs should go in the meatballs. I usually find that if I put the water on when I put the meatballs in the sauce, the desired degree of doneness/flavor melding will be achieved by the time the pasta is done (although mind that I usually make whole wheat pasta, so maybe add 5mn simmering if you don't).
answered yesterday
George MGeorge M
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If you only boil the meatballs, food safety shouldn't be your primary concern, making something tasteless is :-). Please brown them first! That will take a few minutes. Then you can finish cooking them by simmering in the sauce, but also impart some flavor to the sauce in the process.
Hardly any flavor will go from something in the water to boiled meatballs, you'll just leech all the flavor out. The herbs should go in the meatballs. I usually find that if I put the water on when I put the meatballs in the sauce, the desired degree of doneness/flavor melding will be achieved by the time the pasta is done (although mind that I usually make whole wheat pasta, so maybe add 5mn simmering if you don't).
answered yesterday
George MGeorge M
1,096110
add a comment |
If you only boil the meatballs, food safety shouldn't be your primary concern, making something tasteless is :-). Please brown them first! That will take a few minutes. Then you can finish cooking them by simmering in the sauce, but also impart some flavor to the sauce in the process.
Hardly any flavor will go from something in the water to boiled meatballs, you'll just leech all the flavor out. The herbs should go in the meatballs. I usually find that if I put the water on when I put the meatballs in the sauce, the desired degree of doneness/flavor melding will be achieved by the time the pasta is done (although mind that I usually make whole wheat pasta, so maybe add 5mn simmering if you don't).
answered yesterday
George MGeorge M
1,096110
If you only boil the meatballs, food safety shouldn't be your primary concern, making something tasteless is :-). Please brown them first! That will take a few minutes. Then you can finish cooking them by simmering in the sauce, but also impart some flavor to the sauce in the process.
Hardly any flavor will go from something in the water to boiled meatballs, you'll just leech all the flavor out. The herbs should go in the meatballs. I usually find that if I put the water on when I put the meatballs in the sauce, the desired degree of doneness/flavor melding will be achieved by the time the pasta is done (although mind that I usually make whole wheat pasta, so maybe add 5mn simmering if you don't).
answered yesterday
George MGeorge M
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answered yesterday
George MGeorge M
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Sous Vide them for an hour or so at 65c. You can seal them first or get some colour on them after. Get all the juice that comes out of them and then stick it in your pasta sauce - mad flavour!
Or just seal them off in a pan for flavour, then finish them in the pasta sauce for 10 mins most.
answered 9 hours ago
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Sous Vide them for an hour or so at 65c. You can seal them first or get some colour on them after. Get all the juice that comes out of them and then stick it in your pasta sauce - mad flavour!
Or just seal them off in a pan for flavour, then finish them in the pasta sauce for 10 mins most.
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Sous Vide them for an hour or so at 65c. You can seal them first or get some colour on them after. Get all the juice that comes out of them and then stick it in your pasta sauce - mad flavour!
Or just seal them off in a pan for flavour, then finish them in the pasta sauce for 10 mins most.
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Sous Vide them for an hour or so at 65c. You can seal them first or get some colour on them after. Get all the juice that comes out of them and then stick it in your pasta sauce - mad flavour!
Or just seal them off in a pan for flavour, then finish them in the pasta sauce for 10 mins most.
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My wife is Italian and comes from a long line of Italians. This is the first I've ever heard of boiling meatballs. When I, just now, told her of this, her response was, "What?!".
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