Yorkshire Meatball Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/4 large onion (or 1/2 small onion)
• 1 stalk celery
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley (or 2 tsp dried parsley flakes)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 egg (or energ egg replacer as directed on package)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch pepper
• 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb
• 1/4 cup quick oats (not old-fashioned)
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 3 egg whites (or energ egg replacer prepared as per package, equivalent to 2 eggs to replace egg and egg )
• 1 cup milk
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 3/4 cup beef broth (or same amount made from pan drippings from baking a second batch of meatballs plain)
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 tablespoon flour

Recipe

• 1 grease 8" square pan.
• 2 finely chop onion, celery, and parsley or blend with water, worcestershire sauce and egg.
• 3 add to ground meat and seasonings, and mix well.
• 4 form into 16 large meatballs and place in pan.
• 5 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 6 mix flour, baking powder and salt together in a medium bowl.
• 7 beat eggs until foamy.
• 8 add milk and melted butter and beat some more.
• 9 add dry ingredients to egg mixture and blend just until smooth.
• 10 pour over meatballs.
• 11 bake 50-60 minutes.
• 12 (if making another batch of plain meatballs, make them smaller - 30-40 meatballs - and bake them about 25 minutes).
• 13 if making gravy as stated, heat beef broth in a small saucepan over medium-high. mix flour and water in a small bowl until smooth. when broth boils, add flour-water mixture and stir until thickened. remove from heat.
• 14 (if making gravy from plain meatball pan drippings, deglaze pan with about 1/2 cup water, scrape into small saucepan, and add water to add up to 3/4 cup. heat over medium-high. meanwhile, mix flour and water in a small bowl. when liquid boils, add flour-water mixture and stir well until thickened then remove from heat.).