Rainy Day Meat Balls with delicious mushroom gravy.

There is nothing better than delicious meatballs with gravy and mashed potatoes on a rainy day.

This recipe is quick and easy and is so very delicious. If you are not a mashed potato fan then pasta or rice always works. Please click here to go to my YouTube channel to see the video of this recipe. 

MEATBALLS

454gr ground beef

1 small egg

1/8 cup hemp seeds (this is optional but so delicious) if not available use bread crumbs

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1/3 cup chopped onion

1/4 cup chopped mushrooms

salt & pepper to taste

Add all of the above into a bowl and mix well. Roll all the ground beef mixture into balls (makes approximately 12 large meatballs).

Pre heat a frying pan and sauté meat balls until 3/4 done. Remove meat balls when all sides are brown. Use a paper towel to remove excess fat. We will be using the pan and the fond on the bottom of the pan to add to the flavour of our gravy when we deglaze the pan. Hold meat balls for later use.

"In the culinary arts, there's a word for everything, including the brown particles found at the bottom of pans after browning meat or vegetables, known as fond. The technique for dislodging the fond from the bottom of the pan and incorporating into a sauce is called deglazing."

MUSHROOM GRAVY

To the frying pan add 3 tbsp. butter.  Add sliced mushrooms and sauté.  Add 3 tablespoons flour. Stir until the flour disappears. Add milk and continue to stir. This will thicken up and then you can add the wine, and slowly, the stock. This sauce will turn a lovely golden brown and be creamy and smooth.  Add the meatballs back into the sauce and cook so that the juices run clear in the meatballs. Serve hot over mashed potatoes.

1 cup milk

1/2 cup wine

1/2 - 1  cups beef stock

6 mushrooms - sliced 

salt & pepper