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Ham Balls Recipe

I like to save time, so I have my butcher grind together the ham, pork, and beef for these ham balls. They're baked in a thick tomato sauce.—DeEtta Rasmusen, Fort Madison, Iowa

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Ham Balls Recipe

Prep: 30 min. Bake: 1 hour

Yield: 100 Servings

30 60 90

Ingredients

10 pounds ground fully cooked ham
8 pounds lean ground pork
4 pounds lean ground beef (90% lean)
12 eggs, beaten
12 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 cups milk
SAUCE:
8 cans (10-3/4 ounces each) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
8 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup vinegar
3 tablespoons ground mustard

Directions

In a large bowl, combine ham, pork and beef; mix well. Add eggs; mix well. Blend in crumbs and milk. Form into 1-1/2-in. balls. Place in a single layer in 12 ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pans or larger pans if available; set aside.
In a bowl, combine sauce ingredients. Divide evenly among pans, covering the ham balls. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 60 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Yield: 100 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (3 each) equals 345 calories, 17 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 86 mg cholesterol, 714 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 21 g protein.

Originally published as Ham Balls in Taste of Home June/July 1993, p57