MEATBALLS (in tomato sauce)

Published 2020-11-05
You may have seen me make meatballs on another channel, where I grind my own meat and use fancy ingredients. I this video I make a version closer to what my mother and grandmother would have made. Simple to make & delicious.

Film, Editing & Production:Karen & Frank Proto

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makes a large batch

for the meatballs

1 1/2 #/680 g ground beef (80/20)
1 1/2 #/680 g ground pork
1 #/454 g ground veal
4 cloves garlic, minced
1.cup/83 g grated pecorino
5 eggs
3 cups/300 g plain breadcrumbs
salt
black pepper

for the sauce

3 cans/2400 g ground peeled tomatoes
2-3 small onions, diced
1 can/170 g tomato paste
1 bunch basil
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 cup/250ml olive oil

All Comments (21)
  • I love that these videos let us see Frank the home cook, as well as professional Chef Frank.
  • Just commenting for the Algorithm. More people needs to see the greatness of Chef Frank. Also, they should be here by the time Frank raise his own wheat for the bread crumbs.
  • @Puuppanalle
    My dearest "meatball memory" is from my childhood, when my granny used to make them for us kids. Because I live in Finland, those were served with brown sauce instead of tomato sauce. She cooked them on an old trusty cast iron pan with a scary amount of butter.. :D :D but they were fantastic. Even if I have been vegetarian more than half of my life, I still miss those meatball days sometimes. I love to watch these videos, I do cook meat dishes (I do taste when I cook, I'm not that fussy ;) for my loved ones, and this is a great way to learn from a real pro :) Thank you Frank - thank you for a great video (as always) and bringing back good memories :)
  • @civilizeddiva
    Everyone: What is the electoral count? Me: Oh! Chef Frank posted a new video: MEATBALLS😁
  • It would be great to see you co-host Worst Cooks in America with Chef Anne. Seems like you would not only be an excellent, knowledgeable teacher, but a fun addition to that show.
  • Awesome to have a clearly skilled chef teaching these wonderful basics without pomp and circumstance. Just great cooking instructions and education. Well done!
  • @fieraci8500
    NO Sugar. Thank you for backing us up on that. Tomato sauce does not need sugar. My family recipe used dry bay leaves in the sauce. And you cook it for hours. Dad used to sometimes sink a bunch of peeled carrots (4” cuts. Sliced in half) to also cook in the sauce and you get sweeter sauce plus a vegetable side dish at the same time.
  • @TheKastellan
    I didnt know you had your own yt channel. Well I know what I am watching...
  • @Fenix199X
    Thank you, chef Frank for your videos. That’s amazing when I see how you process the food. There are so many videos in the social networks with over 1 mil views but people only pretend to be chefs (they used salt and PEPPER to season their pasta AFTER cooking, when they strained it, the others cured salmon with vinegar). Users watch those videos and even don’t know that’s wrong. Actually, this is the first cooking channel where is a REAL chef is cooking food. I love it! Please upload more videos, I watch all of them.
  • @amandac7270
    Frank! The country is torn apart but your meatballs are exactly what the doctor ordered! Bless your heart!
  • @cahoots6065
    Try doing the taste test by microwaving a small amount of the meat! Takes like 30 seconds and it's like tasting the worst possible version of the meatball, so if you can make that taste good, you know it'll taste amazing when it's browned and sauced up.
  • Frank on epicurious: me when i around my Friends Frank on his channel: me when in around my mom
  • My family washes the cans and jars with wine...,I never considered water! Lol
  • @lalamartin6033
    My 13 yr old son told me about your cooking competition...and today I found your youtube channel....
  • @craftil6957
    just think about his kids getting fresh proffesional food every day
  • I work as the head chef at a popular steakhouse and do catering for said business.. i suddenly have to Itailian feast for a wedding. It was in the books for 2 years because of Covid. This was planned 2 chefs before me Your vid helped me so much... Thank you!
  • @james68279
    Good old cooking! This is also great for us chefs that work long hours, we can batch at home and find it later in the freezer when we don't feel like cooking after 18 hours of shift!