swedish meatballs (from a swede!)

Ingredients

• Servings: 48
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 1/3 cup fine dry bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 3/4 pound ground beef
• 1/4 pound ground lamb
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1/3 teaspoon white sugar
• 3 tablespoons butter

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


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