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Savory Meatballs

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 64 small meatballs

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbls butter ghee, or olive oil
  • 1 cup diced yellow onion about 1 medium
  • 1 cup finely diced carrots about 3 medium carrots
  • 3/4 cup finely diced celery about 2 large stalks
  • 2 pounds ground grassfed beef
  • 1 pound ground pastured pork
  • 8 oz chicken or lamb liver
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup almond flour
  • 2 tsp salt divided
  • 2 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375F
  2. In a large skillet, melt the butter or ghee over medium heat.
  3. Add the diced onions, carrots, celery and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp salt.
  4. Saute until the onions are translucent and the other veggies begin to soften.
  5. Remove skillet from heat when cooked through.
  6. While the veggies are sautéing, puree the liver in a high speed blender. Mmm. Liver smoothie.
  7. In a large mixing bowl, combine pork, beef, liver and eggs. Be careful not to overwork the meat, mix until just combined!
  8. Add salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, parsley, and almond flour and use your hands to mix spices into the meat mixture.
  9. Gently fold the cooked, cooled veggies into the meat mixture, again using your hands. Wear gloves if you don't like getting all up in your food.
  10. Form golf ball size meatballs and place on a parchment paper or wire rack lined baking sheet.
  11. Cook for 18-22 minutes
  12. Allow to rest for a few minutes before removing from the baking sheet.

Notes

*You can also bake these in a muffin tin! I've found it takes about 20 minutes if you keep the size of the meatballs relatively small.