Beef meatball

Meatballs are restructured meat products which can be made from any meat that can be minced. Common meatball which are found easily in the market are chicken ball, fish ball, and beef ball. Beef meatballs are prepared with ground beef mixed with various spices and herbs depending on cultural preferences.

Usually, it consist of 53% lean beef, 17% fat and some other ingredients such as phosphate, salt, monosodium glutamate (MSG) and 30% ice cubes to prevent the increase of batter temperature during grounding and mixing, sometimes starches are added.

Fat is one of the key factors to ensure juicy meatballs. Egg is used as a binding agent when mixing several ingredients together to form such items as meatloaf. The egg binder helps to hold the ingredient mixture in the prescribed shape. The meatball batter are formed into marble of pingpong ball size or smaller/bigger, and boiled until well cook

Spices and herbs such as onion, garlic, parsley, black pepper, and cumin are commonly used to give special favor to these products.

Other ingredients can be used including:
*Italian Fennel seeds and grated parmesan cheese
*Greek Dried oregano and cinnamon
*Spanish Smoked paprika
*Moroccan Cumin seeds and chopped fresh coriander

The shelf life of ready-to-cook meatballs is limited by microbial spoilage as they can easily be contaminated by microorganisms from raw materials (ground beef and spices), equipments, and employees.
Beef meatball