1960s Swedish Meatballs
From hungrybear 14 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Love the oldie but goodie recipes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 1 onion, chopped shopping list
- 1 large celery stalk, chopped shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, minced shopping list
- 3 teaspoons kosher salt shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice shopping list
- 3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1/2 cup milk shopping list
- 1 cup dry bread crumbs shopping list
- 2 pounds meat-loaf mix (1 pound lean ground beef, 1/2 pound ground pork, 1/2 shopping list
- pound ground veal or lamb) shopping list
- 1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon sugar shopping list
- black pepper shopping list
- 1 3/4 cups light cream shopping list
- 1 cup water shopping list
How to make it
- Heat oven to 350° F. In a medium skillet, over medium heat, heat the oil
- with the onion, celery, and garlic, and cook until the vegetables are tender
- but not browned, about 10 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons salt, allspice, and
- nutmeg. Remove from heat.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, then blend in the milk and bread crumbs.
- Add the meat and cooked vegetables and stir or work with your hands to
- combine. Shape into 1-inch balls. Sauté over medium-high heat, in tablespoon
- olive oil, a few meatballs at a time, removing them when well browned on all
- sides. Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the fat. Whisk in flour, 1 teaspoon
- salt, sugar, and a few grinds of black pepper. Cook over medium heat,
- scraping up any browned bits. Whisk in light cream and water. Bring to a
- boil, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens, at least 1 minute.
- Return the meatballs to the skillet and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Yield: 8 servings
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Love this! Thanks for sharing!
chalgal
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Great one - thanks for posting!
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HIGH FIVE FORKS!!! Gonna make for supper one night next week:)
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