Ham Balls

This delicious recipe came to us from Shelly’s Aunt Shirley. We have made it both with and without the sauce, and have used brown gravy instead of the sauce in the recipe. A note on the recipe card says “Shirley divided in half – made plenty.”

Ingredients:

2 ½ lbs ground pork (Shirley used ground beef instead)

3 ½ lbs ground ham

1 cup bread crumbs

¼ cup dry milk

4 eggs

1 ¾ cups water

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients. Shape into balls and brown in 400 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes on a baking sheet. Transfer to a clean, greased 9 X 13 inch pan. Pour sauce over balls and bake at 325 for 30 minutes covered.

Sauce:

1 ¾ cup tomato juice

1/3 cup vinegar

1 ½ cup brown sugar

¾ tablespoon mustard

Mix all ingredients well.