Journal Month #13 & 14
And a free prompt or two plus pasta
Hey. It’s Sunday Supper night. I made the time adjustment to 7:30 ET. Please join us for a prompt or two. And here is a darn good recipe for the meatballs we’re making. We’re excited to grow this idea into some fun community time. In person and online.
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MEATBALLS: THE SPUNTINO WAY
BY FRANK FALCINELLI , FRANK CASTRONOVO & PETER MEEHAN JULY 2010 THE FRANKIES SPUNTINO KITCHEN COMPANION & COOKING MANUAL FRANKIES SPUNTINO
YIELD: Makes 6 servings; 18 to 20 meatballs INGREDIENTS
4 slices bread (2 packed cups' worth)
2 pounds ground beef
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
1/4 cup grated Pecorino Romano, plus about 1 cup for serving
1/4 cup raisins
1/4 cup pine nuts
1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
15 turns white pepper
4 large eggs
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
Tomato Sauce
PREPARATION
1. Heat the oven to 325°F. Put the fresh bread in a bowl, cover it with water, and let it soak for a minute or so. Pour off the water and wring out the bread, then crumble and tear it into tiny pieces.
2. Combine the bread with all the remaining ingredients except the tomato sauce in a medium mixing bowl, adding them in the order they are listed. Add the dried bread crumbs last to adjust for wetness: the mixture should be moist wet, not sloppy wet.
3. Shape the meat mixture into handball-sized meatballs and space them evenly on a baking sheet. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. The meatballs will be firm but still juicy and gently yielding when they're cooked through. (At this point, you can cool the meatballs and hold them in the refrigerator for as long as a couple of days or freeze them for the future.)
4. Meanwhile, heat the tomato sauce in a sauté pan large enough to accommodate the meatballs comfortably.
5. Dump the meatballs into the pan of sauce and nudge the heat up ever so slightly. Simmer the meatballs for half an hour or so (this isn't one of those cases where longer is better) so they can soak up some sauce. Keep them there until it's time to eat.
6. Serve the meatballs 3 to a person in a healthy helping of the red sauce, and hit everybody's portion-never the pan-with a fluffy mountain of grated cheese. Reserve the leftover tomato sauce (it will be super-extra-delicious) and use it anywhere tomato sauce is called for in this book.
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Topic: SUNDAY SUPPER 1/14/24
Time: Jan 14, 2024 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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#13
A prompt from yesterday.
I was teaching a class on creativity, and we worked on mantras.
Write 5 mantras and share them with your people.
We all can use little sparks. Give em away.
Here are a few for you:
I can act in another way in the future. I am smart. I am loved. I am calm.
My voice is valid.
It is working out.
#15
Write about what seems out of reach right now.
See where your mind goes.
ilysm
Please join us later.
xo
Amy