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Ingredients
| bread crumbs: 3/4 cup |
| light whipping cream (fluid): 1 cup |
| onions: 1 |
| eggs: 1 |
| ground beef: 1.5 lbs |
| salt: 2 tsp |
| allspice: 1/2 tsp |
| salted butter: 2 Tbl |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 2 Tbl |
| 2% milk: 1 1/2 cups |
Swedish Meatballs (User Friendly for Younger Cooks)
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User rating:
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Prep Time
20 min -
Cook Time
30 min -
Servings
4 serving(s)
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- Measure the bread crumbs and 1/2 cup of the cream into the mixing bowl.
- Let it sit for 5 minutes.
- With the paring knife, peel the onion and chop it up into small pieces.
- Break the egg into the small bowl and beat it with the fork.
- Add the meat and the cut-up onion to the bread crumbs and cream.
- Mix well.
- Stir in the egg, the salt and the allspice.
- Pick up a small amount ot the mixture - about as big as a plum - with your hand.
- Roll it between your palms.
- Shape it into a ball.
- Place each ball when you have made it on the plate.
- Continue until all the meat is rolled into balls.
- Melt the butter in the frying pan, over low heat.
- Place a few meat balls in the pan.
- Roll them from side to side with the spoon until they are browned on all sides.
- Remove them to a plate.
- Continue until all the balls are browned.
- Turn off the heat.
- Add the flour to the frying pan.
- Stir it with the fat and meat juice until it is all mixed together.
- Scrape up the meat that has tuck to the bottom of the pan with the mixing spoon.
- Add the second 1/2 c of cream and the milk to the mixture in the pan.
- Stir it until it makes a smooth sauce.
- Return the meat balls to the frying pan with the sauce.
- Cover the pan with the lid.
- Simmer it over a very low flame for 25 minutes.
- Arrange the meat balls on the serving platter and pour the gravy over them.