Recipe - Albondigas Estilo Mama - Meatballs Like Mama Makes

One fourth cup Masa harina; mixed with
One fourth cup Warm water
1 pound Ground beef
1 Garlic clove; minced
4 tablespoon Lard or vegetable oil
3 Garlic cloves
1 tablespoon Flour
2 qt Fresh homemade beef or
chicken stock
One fourth cup Chopped scallions; both the
white
And the green parts
1 lg Tomato; roasted, peeled,
And chopped ; (If you are
unable
; to find
Truly ripe tomatoes; add 4
tablespoons
Canned tomato sauce)
2 Anaheim or California long
green chiles
OR jalapenos; roasted,
peeled,
And chopped
3 tablespoon Finelychopped cilantro;
leaves only
3 tablespoon Chopped fresh mint; leaves
only

Combine masa harina with warm water. Mix ground meat with prepared
masa, salt, pepper, garlic. Make meatballs about 1inch round, about
the size of a walnut. Set aside. In medium saute pan heat 2
tablespoons lard or oil over medium heat. Add 1 whole garlic clove.
Let cook for 20 seconds, press with back of a cooking spoon to
release the flavor. Remove the garlic. Set aside. Brown the flour in
the lard until dark golden color, about 1 minute. Heat stock in soup
pot or large Dutch oven until warm and add flour mixture. Bring to a
boil and lower heat to simmer stock for 5 minutes. Taste and correct
seasoning. Heat remaining 2 tablespoons lard or vegetable oil in
large frying pan, add chopped scallion, tomato, chiles and the
reserved 2 garlic cloves, minced, stir well to combine. Cook for 2
minutes and add to stock. Add cilantro and mint and simmer for
another 5 minutes. Add the meatballs to the stock and simmer over low
fire for 15 minutes or until done. This recipe yields about 45 mall
meatballs.

Comments: Whenever my mother comes to visit, I always ask her to make
me these albondigas. I have tried to serve them at the restaurant but
people can't seem to get excited about meatballs. Too bad! It's a
fabulous soup. My mother always served it with freshly made corn
tortillas, salsa casera and refried beans with asadero. Meatballs
freeze well and reheat wonderfully.

Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton Recipe courtesy of Aaron
Martinez From the TV FOOD NETWORK (Show # CL9321)

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD
joecomiskey@netzero.net

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Per serving: 36 Calories (kcal); 3g Total Fat; (69% calories from
fat); 2g Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 9mg Cholesterol; 7mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2
Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: Aaron Martinez

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