Meatballs With Tomato With Juice Gravy

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef or ground deer meat
• 1/2 lb ground sausage
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 small chopped onion
• 6 saltine crackers, crushed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch (or more if needed)
• 4 cups tomato juice

Directions

1. 1

   Mix the ground beef, sasuage, salt, pepper, chili powder, onion, crackers, 1 beaten egg and 1 cup tomato juice.

2. 2

   Shape into balls about the size of walnuts and bake at 350 about 30 minutes, turn and bake about 20 more minutes.

3. 3

   You can drain the drippings off or leave them, sometimes I leave them if there is not too much grease.

4. 4

   Mix remaining juice, cornstarch, a little chile powder and some of the dripping from the pan, I warm the sauce up in the microwave just a little before putting in the hot pan.

5. 5

   Put back in the oven till juice thickens or is good and bubbly.