Swedish Meatballs

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 1 mix ground beef lightly with mashed potatoes, onion, beets, dill pickles, eggs, 1 tsp salt, and pepper until well blended.
• 2 shape into 36 meatballs, then flatten each slightly.
• 3 brown, a few at a time, in butter or margarine, in a large frying pan, adding butter or margarine as needed.
• 4 when cooked through, remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• 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.
• 6 cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens.
• 7 place the meatballs in the gravy and simmer 10-15 minutes on low.
• 8 serve over hot cooked noodles.