Mini Meatballs (Cocktail Meatballs)

5 from 2 votes

Mini Meatballs are quick and easy to make! With juicy, tender ground beef these homemade Italian meatballs make the perfect appetizer.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: mini meatballs, small meatballs

Servings:

Calories: 105kcal

Meatballs: add the beef mince, panko breadcrumbs, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, dried parsley and egg to a medium bowl. Use clean hands to combine. Then take a mini cookie scoop and portion out a small amount of the mixture onto a chopping board. Continue to portion until the rest of the mixture is done. Once done, use a knife to cut the portions in half. Then use the palms of your hands to roll them and place the meatballs onto a chopping board. Repeat this process till all of the mixture is used up.
Cook mini meatballs: place a large frying pan on the stove top. Turn the heat to high and add in the olive oil. Give it a swish and then place one third of the mini meatballs into the bottom of the pan. Cook them using a pair of tongs and or slotted spoon to move and rotate them as you go. The meatballs will take 8 - 12 minutes to cook. Once cooked, lift the meatballs up and out of the pan using a slotted spoon. Place them into a paper towel lined bowl.

Horseradish yogurt sauce: add the garlic cloves, salt, pepper and parsley to a food processor and blitz to finely chop. Then dollop in the Greek yogurt and horseradish cream and blitz to combine. Scrape down the insides of the bowl with a spatula, give it another blitz and then use the spatula to transfer it to a small bowl.
To serve: place the cooked meatballs onto a serving plate and provide a small bowl of the dipping sauce along with toothpicks. Garnish with some finely chopped parsley.

Note 1 - Horseradish cream: this is a condiment that you will find at the grocery store along with the mayo and vinegars. It might also be called 'horseradish sauce'. It has a unique taste with a little 'kick' about it. A small amount of this goes a long way.
Portion size: allow at least 2 meatballs per person. More depending on what other foods you are serving at the same time. The recipe will make around 40 -45 mini meatballs.
Cooking time: whilst it will only take 8 -1 0 minutes to cook the meatballs, I have allowed extra time here in case you are working in batches ie not cooking all of the meatballs in the pan at once.