Asiago Meatball with Fiery Sweet Bell Peppers

Source:  Texas Pete Hot Sauce

3 c breadcrumbs
2/3 c milk
1 lb ground pork
1 lb ground beef
4 cloves of minced garlic
1/2 c grated Asiago cheese
2 eggs
1/2 c parsley chopped
1/2 t dried oregano
3/4 c olive oil
4 each of red and green pepper

hot sauce

Put breadcrumbs and milk in a bowl.  Add next seven ingredients in a separate bowl, and gently mix.  Add breadcrumbs.  Form meatballs and cook by your preferred method.

Slice peppers and saute in olive oil for about 9-10 minutes.   Serve with generous serving of hot sauce.

So by now you must have guessed that I've gotten some sort of a Texas Pete hot sauce with a recipe booklet.  True.  Hence all the recipes involving hot sauce.

A couple of things about this recipe -- it's missing instructions on how big your meatballs should be, and how to cook them.  I opted to bake mine on a sheet tray at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes.  The second is that the amount of oil they suggest you saute the peppers in is ridiculous.  I used less then a tablespoon.

So this is an OK recipe.  The meatballs are fine -- I've made, and definitely eaten much better.  The sauteed peppers are nice, I actually chickened out from using the hot sauce.  So this was an acceptable dinner, but definitely not something you should write home about.