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Featured Report: Meatball Madness
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The Little Owl’s famous gravy meatball slider, a recipe passed down from Chef Joey Campanaro’s grandmother, won top honors from the judges.
Judges Lee Anne Wong, Alexandra Guarnaschelli and Dana Cowin tasted more than two-dozen meatballs.
Dirt Candy’s “All Balls” had no meat. The mushroom balls were served with labne and kale atop a tomato brioche.
The Meatball Shop’s Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow shared a People’s Choice victory at the 2011 Meatball Madness competition.
The winner of the People’s Choice award: The Meatball Shop’s steak and bacon meatball slider.
Fedora’s chicken with maple-soy rice and pickles was another tasty alternative to the traditional meatball and high on our list of favorites.
Kin Shop’s goat meatball in Thai Panang curry made it into the judges’ top three.
Le Caprice served pork and scamorza meatballs in a spicy cherry pepper salsa with skewered fig.
The mix of textures in Le Cirque’s Tuscan meatballs with polenta and panzerotti was divine.
The Lion went traditional with veal meatballs in tomato sauce.
Porsena’s lamb and bulgur meatball.
Pulino’s meatball with pine nuts, currants and basil was the judge’s runner up.
A Voce served sweet cannoli treats to counteract the savory meat.
More than two-dozen chefs vied for the top prize in this year’s New York City Wine & Food Festival’s Meatball Madness competition hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. The sold-out crowd savored meatballs made from beef, veal, pork, chicken and even vegetarian options. In the end, The Little Owl’s Joey Campanaro won the Judge’s Award with his Italian grandma’s gravy meatball slider. “Water is my secret ingredient,” he said. But it was The Meatball Shop that wooed the crowd with its steak and bacon cheddar balls on buttermilk biscuits, and went home with the People’s Choice award. “It feels utterly balltastic to win,” said co-owner Michael Chernow. He added that the inspiration behind the unconventional meatball was co-owner Daniel Holzman’s dad’s Philly cheesesteak.—PERRY SANTANACHOTE |
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