Swedish Meatballs (From a Swede!)

This is my mom's Swedish meatball recipe. This isn't the kind a lot of people are used to in a creamy white sauce. She served them every Christmas Eve in a chafing dish as part of the 'Smörgåsbord.' My mom used to have a vegetable sour cream and a lingonberry sauce on the table for those that might want to dip these in something.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 69 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• ½ cup water
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 tablespoon butter
• ¼ teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• ½ cup half-and-half
• ¼ pound ground pork
• ¾ pound ground beef
• ⅓ cup fine dry bread crumbs
• ⅓ teaspoon white sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a frying pan over low heat; cook and stir onion in melted butter until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes.

Step 2

Mix bread crumbs, water, and half-and-half in a large bowl; let stand for about 2 minutes. Stir cooked onion, ground beef, ground pork, salt, white pepper, and sugar into bread crumb mixture until thoroughly mixed. Shape mixture into about 48 very small meatballs.

Step 3

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet; add meatballs. Brown slowly, allowing about 25 minutes, until meatballs are fully cooked in the middle and no longer pink. Shake pan occasionally to cook evenly.