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• I'll put the original recipe from the site: (http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/meatballs_with_ricotta_in_tomato_sauce/) and in parethesis I'll add what I did to screw it up- I mean alter it, and any other little notes that might help.
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• 10 ounces ground pork shoulder (I used a general ground pork)
• 10 ounces sweet Italian sausage, removed from casing
• 2 ounces prosciutto or pancetta, minced -helps to put in freezer for 15 min first, before mincing, will make it easier to cut. (No, it really didn't.)
• 4 cups cubed white bread, crusts removed first. (I discovered that the bread cubes don't dessolve well enough and so when it cooks it retains an odd, rocky road-ish consistancy. Plus, it didn't soak the egg/cheese mixture up to my satisfaction so I had to add plain breadcrumbs. If you're looking for that kind of consistancy, this is good, but I'm telling you, the bread alone doesn't do the trick. Have plain breadcrumbs on standby.)
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds (My stomach reacts badly to these so I left them out. You can always get the kind of sausage that includes fennel seeds to save you some trouble. I substituted a pinch of celery seeds. Dunno why, they just called to me.)
• 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (I don't have these so I substituted garlic powder.)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2/3 cup ricotta cheese
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten (This may be a bit too much, use two first and add another until you get the consistancy of cheesecake or pancake batter)
• olive oil
• 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes (I used the remainder of a pot of tomato sauce I'd made earlier in the week- it's a good way to keep it from going bad)
• 1/4 cup chiffonaded* fresh basil leaves
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese (This I didn't have, and the recipe would've been better for it too.)

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I Saw This Recipe On Simply Recipes And Had To Try It. This Is Like The Rocky Road Of Meatballs. I Didn't Do It Exactly How It's Shown Because I Got The Measurements Wrong And I Was Missing The Parmesan Cheese, But It Was Close Enough. I Also Changed The

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