Gluten Free Meatballs
by Melissa Olson - September 30th, 2009.Filed under: Gluten Free Recipes, gluten free diet.
Every meatball recipe I ever come across calls for breadcrumbs as an ingredient. And apart from Fairway, a grocery store in New York City, I have never seen gluten free breadcrumbs for sale. Nor do I want to spend time drying out my precious gluten free bread loaves to later pulverize into breadcrumbs. “There has to be a way to make meatballs without breadcrumbs”, I told myself. And so here it is:
Gluten Free Meatballs
Ingredients:
1/2 cup onion, diced
1 Tbsp olive oil
1.25 pounds ground turkey
1/4 cup walnuts, finely choppped
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Directions:
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the onion, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside. Heat broiler. In a large bowl, combine the turkey, walnuts, onions, raisins, cinnamon, salt and pepper. Form the mixture into golfball-size meatballs (about 16-20) and place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Broil 6 minutes, then turn meatballs over, and broil 6 to 8 minutes more, until cooked through. Makes 4 servings.
*Note: the raisins and cinnamon in this recipe leave a wonderful sweet taste in your mouth, much like a Moroccan stew. Another option is to leave out the raisins/cinnamon and increase the walnuts to 1/2 cup.
*If you have a favorite family recipe for meatballs, try substituting ground Rice Chex in place of breadcrumbs.
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