To keep it low carb, use low-carb tomato sauce or, even better, a homemade marinara sauce. Combine ground beef, egg, Parmesan cheese, flaxseed, oregano, salt, and pepper in a large bowl; mix with your hands until well combined. Roll mixture into golf ball-size meatballs. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
They are versatile and can be made using beef, pork, poultry or fish. Add different spices and seasonings and the variations are endless. Traditional recipes often have added bread crumbs, making them high in carbs. In our recipes, we have skipped those and created meatballs that are delicious and perfect on low-carb or keto.
Remove the meatballs to the sheet pan. Turn off the heat under the saute pan. Cream Sauce: Heat the cream cheese in the microwave for 1 minute. Pour the 2 tablespoons of brandy and 1/4 cup of the beef broth into the pan, turning the heat to medium high.
A panade is a paste of bread or bread crumbs (sometimes cookies, crackers, and cake) soaked in liquid. It lends tenderness and moisture to ground meat mixtures like meatloaf and meatballs. Low carb meatballs do not use bread or bread crumbs to make a panade. I sometimes add finely grated zucchini to my low carb meatballs to add moisture.