Swedish Meatballs

Name: Swedish Meatballs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 2 slices thick slices bacon, minced; 552 milliliters low-salt beef stock, divided; 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 237 milliliters fresh breadcrumbs; 3 larges eggs, lightly beaten; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 454 grams ground beef; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 340 grams ground pork; 1 Tbsp kosher salt; 237 milliliters minced onion; 2 Tbsps sour cream, whisked; 2 teaspoons sugar; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter, divided

The recipe Swedish Meatballs could satisfy your Scandinavian craving in about 45 minutes. One serving contains 441 calories, 23g of protein, and 31g of fat. This recipe serves 8. A mixture of sugar, cream, breadcrumbs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the breadcrumbs you could follow this main course with the Apple Strudel as a dessert.

Instructions

Mix breadcrumbs and 1/3 cup stockin a small bowl. Set aside. Melt 1 tablespoonbutter in a medium skillet overmedium heat.

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Add onion and sautéuntil browned, about 10 minutes.

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Onion

Transfer onion to a large bowl.

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Onion

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Wipe out pan and return tomedium heat.

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Add bacon and cookuntil crisp. Using a slotted spoon,transfer bacon to bowl with onion.(Reserve bacon fat.)

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Add next8 ingredients to bowl with onionmixture, mixing with your handsto blend. Fold in breadcrumbmixture. Using a 1 tablespoon measure,roll meat mixture into balls;transfer to a rimmed baking sheet.

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Melt 1 tablespoon butter with reservedbacon fat in a large heavy potover medium-low heat. Working in3 batches and adding 1 tablespoon butterbetween batches, brown meatballson all sides, about 6–8 minutes perbatch.

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Transfer meatballs to a plate.

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Drain all but 2 tablespoons drippings frompot.

Whisk in flour until smoothpaste forms. Stir in 2 cups stock;bring to a simmer, whisking often.Return meatballs to pot. Cover;simmer until meatballs are cooked,5-6 minutes.

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