The Secret to Great Italian Meatballs

Everything is personal—except for one indispensable ingredient.
The Secret to Great Italian Meatballs
Ground pork is the key to making a decent Italian meatball. Maria Komar/Shutterstock
Randy Tatano
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Italian meatballs and sauce made only with ground beef? Well, you may as well be eating a hamburger.
Every paisan knows you can’t make decent meatballs with only one kind of meat. While you obviously need ground beef, the actual flavor comes from something else: ground pork.
Randy Tatano
Randy Tatano
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Randy Tatano is a former local television reporter and network producer who now writes political thrillers as Nick Harlow. He grew up in a New York City suburb and lives on the Gulf Coast with his wife and four cats.
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