How to Select Meat for Homemade Meatballs

Video Transcript

"Your first ingredient you're going to need is going to be ground pork that you see in the middle. Ground pork is a really great substitute for ground beef or to have it in addition to ground beef. It has a really nice flavor and typically its got a little bit of fat, which gives it a really great flavor. This ground pork that we've purchased today has a little bit of seasoning already in it. If you find that in your grocery store, it's a great way to cut a few steps and buy already seasoned ground pork. Ground veal is this product that you see right here. Veal is the younger version of beef, so it's a little bit more tender. Its got a little bit less flavor. It's not as strong of a flavor, but it's really a flavor so it pairs really well with beef, and it's typically really tender. Its got a great flavor. Ground beef is this product that we have right here. Today we're using extra lean ground beef. We're using extra lean because our ground pork has got a little bit more fat in it. Ground beef comes in different layers of fat. You can buy 80, 20. You can buy 94-6, which is what we have here. You can also find ground chuck or ground sirloin. There's different ways you can buy ground beef."