On meatballs. Beef, sausage, and asparagus meatballs

How to make soft, juicy meatballs, and a recipe for seasonal beef, sausage, and asparagus meatballs with one secret ingredient: the asparagus stock.

I do not make meatballs often enough. Yet Tommaso loves meatballs, even though we always quarrel about their shape. I like them small and round, and he prefers meatballs when they are oval-shaped and slightly flattened. We both agree on their texture, though: we want them soft and juicy.

It took me a few years of practice to become confident with meatbal…