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Swedish Meatballs

Here's how you make Swedish Meatballs
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 25m
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
  • 2 cups potatoes, peeled, cooked, and mashed
  • 1 small grated onion
  • 1/4 cup chopped peeled cooked beets
  • 2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
  • 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Hot cooked noodles (optional)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Mix ground beef lightly with mashed potatoes, onion, beets, dill pickles, eggs, 1 tsp salt, and pepper until well blended.

  • Step 2: Shape into 36 meatballs, then flatten each slightly.

  • Step 3: Brown, a few at a time, in butter or margarine, in a large frying pan, adding butter or margarine as needed.

  • Step 4: When cooked through, remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.

  • Step 5: Blend flour and remaining tsp of salt into dripping in pan (add more black pepper if you like); stir in the beef broth, milk, nutmeg, and Worcestershire sauce.

  • Step 6: Cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens.

  • Step 7: Place the meatballs in the gravy and simmer 10-15 minutes on low.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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