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Default Italian Meatballs Question

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"Lisa Ann" > wrote:

> Okay, I googled here to get ideas on making Italian meatballs, planning to
> put them in spaghetti sauce after cooking them. No problem, they tasted
> pretty good.
>
> My question is this...how do you get them uniformly browned in the skillet?
> It's bad enough that my kitchen floor is uneven (so naturally my stove is
> too), but I'd go to try to brown another side....and because they were now
> browned and flattened on the first side, they just kept trying to roll back
> over.
>
> I gave up, and ended up finishing them in the oven. I have no talent,
> apparently, for cooking round things.


I don't bother browning meatballs. I just form the meat into balls and
put them in tomato sauce and let them simmer for an hour or until
they're done. Works great and the meatballs get lots of flavor from the
sauce.