Make-Ahead Sweet and Sour Cocktail Meatballs

Name: Make-Ahead Sweet and Sour Cocktail Meatballs
Yield: Serves 20
Ingredients: 4 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces; 1/2 cup, whole milk; 2 large, egg yolks; 1/2 pound, ground pork; 1/2 cup, finely chopped fresh parsley; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon, salt; 2 teaspoons, pepper; 2 1/2 pounds, 85 percent lean ground beef; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 1 , onion, minced; 1 (28-ounce) can, tomato sauce; 2 1/2 cups, apricot preserves; 1/4 cup, packed dark brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, Worcestershire sauce; 2 tablespoons, Dijon mustard; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2010

Recipes for this 1960s party classic sacrificed taste for speed. We wanted both.

SERVES20

TIME1½ hours, plus 30 minutes chilling and 30 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Browning our Make-Ahead Sweet and Sour Cocktail Meatballs in a skillet was a pain. Baking them in the oven was faster and ensured the meatballs browned evenly.We found that the most common binders—bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, and cornflake...

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