Ritas Famous Dressing Balls Food

RITA'S FAMOUS DRESSING BALLS

Steps:

• Place bread in a large bowl and let sit overnight.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Sauté onions and celery in butter or margarine tender. Pour over bread and toss with hands to mix.
• Add chicken broth and mix with hands again. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Add eggs and celery seed and mix thoroughly.
• Form into 2" balls and put in a baking dish.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown.

CROCK-POT DRESSING BALLS

Steps:

• Cook celery and onions in margarine until tender.
• Mix 1 can chicken broth, stuffing and egg.
• Add to celery and onions; form into balls.
• Combine soups and remaining can of chicken broth.
• Place small amount in bottom of crockpot.
• Add dressing balls.
• Finish covering with soup mixture.
• Cook on high for 1 hour.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH PANCETTA & RICOTTA STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Season the chicken inside and out, then place in a large roasting dish. Rub all over with the oil. Place in oven, then cook for 1 hr 30 mins, spooning oil and juices over the bird a few times during cooking.
• Meanwhile, make the stuffing. Whizz the bread and parsley in a food processor or grate the bread on the biggest holes of a grater. Mix with the rest of the stuffing ingredients, apart from the pancetta or bacon, in a large bowl. Use your hands to shape into 12 balls, then wrap a slice of pancetta or bacon around each.
• Test if the chicken is done by inserting a skewer into the thigh meat; when the juices run clear, remove from the roasting dish. Place on a serving plate and loosely cover with foil. While the chicken is resting, pour away any excess fat from the dish and tip in the stuffing balls. Cook for 20 mins until crisp and golden. Serve alongside the chicken.

RAITA

Steps:

• In a salad bowl, whisk together the yogurt, sour cream, cumin, paprika and garlic.
• Add cucumbers and tomatoes; toss and chill before serving.

GRANDMA RITA'S MEATBALLS

Steps:

• Soften bread in milk and squeeze dry to break bread into pieces.
• Add to hamburger the bread, onion and salt/pepper to taste. Add a dash or two of worcestershire to the meat mixture as well-but not alot.
• Shape into large balls- (a little larger than golfballs- some say little softballs) Melt butter in large skillet.
• Add the worcestershire sauce to melted butter.
• Brown the meatballs in butter- until well browned.
• Remove meatballs to separate plate.
• Add a bit of water to deglaze pan-- add soup and stir well.
• Add the meatballs and cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

A'S FAMOUS CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• Combine cheese and ranch dressing mix and shape into a ball.
• Refrigerate it until it is firm again.
• Thoroughly cover with paprika.
• Optional: garnish with pecans to make a pretty star.

DRESSING BALLS

Steps:

• Drain some broth from your turkey (you can used canned if necessary, but it just isn't as good).
• Chop celery& onion, add to broth and simmer until tender.
• Dump bread, broth (with onions& celery), salt& pepper in a large bowl and mix until tacky.
• Take a handful of stuffing and form into a ball about the size of a baseball.
• Place each ball on a cookie sheet until the sheet is full.
• Bake at 350 until the tops start to brown.
• Eat hot.