Honey Garlic Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 4 slices fresh bread, , processed into crumbs
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon hard margarine
• 8 cloves garlic, minced
• 14 ounces canned stewed tomatoes, with juice,pureed
• 3/4 cup liquid honey
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup soy sauce

Recipe

• 1 combine the 5 ingredients for the meatballs in a large bowl, enuring they are mixed well (i use a hand mixer.) form into 68, 1 inch balls and place on a ungreased bakcing sheet.
• 2 bake the meatballs in a 500 degree f oven for 10 to 12 minutes.
• 3 once the meatballs are browned, remove them and place them in an ungreased 2 quart casserole dish.
• 4 next prepare the sauce.
• 5 melt the margarine in a medium saucepan and proceed to saute the garlic until soft but not browned.
• 6 add the tomato and honey.
• 7 mix the cornstarch with the soy sauce and stir into the tomato mixture.
• 8 bring the sauce to a boil and simmer simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 9 pore the thickened sauce over the meatballs.
• 10 bake, uncovered, in a 350 degree f oven for 20 minutes or until the meatballs are glazed.