Hi Chasity,
He probably used the recipe that includes grape jelly in the meatball
sauce. You mix together a jar of grape jelly and a bottle of chili
sauce (near the ketchup in the supermarket. You heat this and allow
the cooked meatballs to simmer in it, often in a crock pot, but the
stove top or even a 375-degree oven for a half hour or so -- will work
as well. You can use frozen meatballs or follow any standard meatball
recipe.
I've also seen recipes for these sweet-and-sour cocktail meatballs
that call for a can of jellied cranberry sauce and a bottle of chili
sauce.
Here's a relatively complicated recipe for these meatballs:
Title: CRANBERRY COCKTAIL MEATBALLS
Categories: Appetizers
Yield: 12 servings
2 lb Chuck, ground
2 ea Eggs
1/3 c Catsup
2 T Soy sauce
1/4 t Pepper
12 oz Chili sauce
1 T Lemon juice
1 c Corn flakes, crumbs
1/3 c Parsley, fresh, minced
2 T Onion, green and minced
1 ea Garlic clove, pressed
16 oz Cranberry sauce, whole ber
1 T Brown sugar
Combine first 9 ingredients ina large bowl; stir well. Shape meat
mixture into 1-inch balls. Place in an ungreased 15x10x1 jellyroll
pan. Bake uncovred at 500F for 8 - 10 minutes. Drain meatballs and
transfer to a chafing dish, and keep warm. Combine cranberry sauce
with remaining ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook over medium heat
until bubbly, stirring occasionally; pour over meatballs. Serve warm.
Yield: 5 dozen
And, here's a recipe that combines grape jelly and chili sauce that I
found using Google:
Appetizer Grape Jelly and Chili Sauce Meatballs or Lil Smokies
By Kittencalskitchen on October 15, 2003
Photo
Photo by HeidiSue
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Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 55 mins
Yield: 50 meatballs
About This Recipe
"This is easy and always a big hit at my get togethers, it's great
with mini meatballs
or Lil Smokies, to make it ever more easier purchase ready made frozen
cooked small
meatballs or you can make your own and cook them first, I use
Kittencal's Italian Melt-In-Your-Mouth Meatballs
see bottom of recipe for baking times --- this is great to take to a
potluck :)"
Ingredients
3 -5 lbs frozen cooked small meatballs or 3 -5 lbs Little Smokies sausages
1 (32 ounce) jars grape jelly
2 (12 ounce) jars chili sauce ( I use Heinz Chili Sauce)
1 pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
Directions
1. In a pot combine the grape jelly with the chili sauce; add in the
meatballs and simmer
for about 45 minutes uncovered or until the sauce has thickened.
Enjoy, and merry Christmas!
Penny
On 12/19/11, Chasity Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello folks. One New Years Eve, my grandpa, who is now deceased, made a meat
> ball recipe that used jelly. I was wondering if anyone has such a recipe to
> share? Thank you in advance.
> Chasity
>
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