Gluten-Free Meatball Subs

Why do meatballs have to be so complicated? Right now, I need you to forget everything you’ve ever learned about how to make a good meatball. What I’ve learned is that there’s absolutely no reason why meatballs shouldn’t naturally be gluten-free—and dairy-free.

Even growing up with a Roman father and Neapolitan grandfather didn’t school me as to why you have to first soak bread in milk before you can even think of forming a meatball. And when you think of what the soaked bread is technically there to do—give the meatball a melt-in-your-mouth tenderness—there are easier, healthier ways.