Grandma's Swedish Meatballs

Submitted by KissKiss

"My Swedish grandma has been making these meatballs forever, and they are my absolute favorite meal. I hope you like them as much as I do."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• Meatballs

• 4 slices white bread
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 lb ground beef
• 3 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash black pepper
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 1⁄2 - 1 lb fine egg noodles, cooked (Mrs. Grass recommended)

• Sauce

• 3 tablespoons salted butter
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1 (10 ounce) can beef broth
• 1⁄2 cup half-and-half
• salt and pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dill weed

directions

1. For the meatballs, tear bread into small pieces. Add the milk and let soak several minutes (stir around).
2. Add eggs and beat until mixed.
3. Add bread mixture to ground beef along with parmesan, parsley flakes, oregano, salt, and pepper.
4. Roll mixture into small balls 1 to 1 ½ inches in diameter.
5. Place 1/3 cup oil in a pan and sauté meatballs until brown.
6. Remove the meatballs from pan, discard the oil.
7. For the sauce, in the same pan over low heat, melt the butter and whisk in the flour and let cook for a few minutes but don’t let it brown (should be glossy).
8. Whisk in broth and cream and cook stirring constantly until thick and satiny.
9. Add salt and pepper to taste. Stir in dill.
10. Add meatballs to sauce and simmer about 10 minutes, turning several times.
11. Serve over noodles.

Reviews

[L.A. Stewart]

We thought this was phenominal! We put a dallop of sour cream on top. Excellent. Thank you for sharing! xo LA :-)

 

[The Amaze-Ing Me]

Pretty good. The sauce came out a little too thick so maybe a little less flour. Also would bake the meatballs instead next time. Used mostly wheat bread scraps instead of white and it tasted fine. A very neutral hearty dish without any overwhelming flavors. Toddler insisted on sprinkling some garlic powder too ;). AND they ate it!