First of all, you need to know that cuisine of Puglia is very simple! we use lots of local herbs and flavors….but we never cover the taste of what we want to prepare. This means that if we are preparing meatballs…we don’t use tons of garlic…just a little bit to give the flavor…but not to cover the taste of the meat.
Second thing you need to know, the meat needs to be of high quality. We prefer beef…but the front leg of the animal. The meat needs to have some fat in it. The fat is necessary so that the meatballs are tender. Otherwise they become too dry and hard!
Third thing, you need to remember is that meatballs are prepared in many different ways in Italy. Every region has different herbs or way to preparing it. However, all these recipes come from the Italian tradition. You need to work the ingredients very slowly and with love. You need to FEEL what you are doing….that’s the main ingredient!
This is a recipe that my Grandmother taught me. This is one of the recipes i teach at my Stile Mediterraneo Cooking School in Puglia, Southern Italy. Here I and my sister, we teach the traditional home made cuisine from Puglia.
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