1 lbground venisondeer, elk, antelope, or moose meat
1egg
1/2 sleeve ritz crackers, crushed finelyabout 1/2 cup - can substitute oatmeal or bread crumbs
1/2 onionabout 1/3 cup
2 cloves garlic, diced or pressed
1 TBL Worcestershire
1tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/3 cupketchupcan substitute tomato sauce
BBQ Sauce:
1 cupketchup
2TBLworcestershire
1/2onion, dicedabout 1/3 cup
1/3cuppacked brown sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350*.
Mix egg, crackers, onion, garlic, worcestershire, salt, pepper, 1/3 cup ketchup together in a mixing bowl.
Add ground meat, mixing gently with hands or spoon.
Form into 12 meatballs. Place into a greased casserole dish.
Place sauce ingredients into a blender and blend for 20 seconds. Spoon over meatballs.
Bake, covered, for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Notes
Instead of the blender, you can dice onions for the sauce and then stir together the sauce ingredients. To crush the crackers, place them in a ziploc bag and pound with meat mallet.