Swedish Meatballs (From a Swede!)
Description
These tiny Swedish meatballs use a combination of ground beef and ground pork to make a flavorful appetizer for holidays or dinner parties. Serve alongside vegetable sour cream or lingonberry sauce for an authentic Swedish meal.
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon butter
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1 tablespoon minced onion
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1/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs
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1/2 cup water
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1/2 cup half-and-half
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3/4 pound ground beef
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1/4 pound ground pork
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2 teaspoons salt
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1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
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1/3 teaspoon white sugar
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3 tablespoons butter
Directions
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.
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.
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.