grandma's swedish meatballs
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My great grandparents immigrated to the states in 1908 from Sweden and this is the recipe that has been past down through 4 generation here in the states. Hope you enjoy it.
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yield
6 -8
prep time
15 Min
cook time
45 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For grandma's swedish meatballs
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2 1/2 lbground beef
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1/2 lbground pork
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1sleeve saltine crackers crushed fine
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1 tspsalt
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3/4 tsppowdered ginger
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1 tspground nutmeg
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1 1/2 tspground cardamom
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1/3 cfinely minced onion
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2eggs beaten
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3/4 ccream
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1/2 clite olive oil or canola oil
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1/2 call purpose flour
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32 ozlow sodium beef broth
How To Make grandma's swedish meatballs
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1In a large bowl combine ground meats,salt,spices saltines, minced onion, eggs and cream, mix very well, cover and refrigerate over night so flavors blend through.
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2Remove mixture from fridge, and portion into rolled meatballs ( grandma made walnut sized ones, mine are about golf ball size...less rolling, lol )
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3In a large frying pan add 1/2 cup light olive oil or canola oil over medium heat, add meatballs, do not over crowd pan and brown on all sides ( I cook about 10 at a time ) be care not to have heat so high the the little bits that stick to pan burn. Continue ti;; all meatballs are cooked. Place in a casserole dish and keep warm in oven while making gravy.
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4For the gravy: add 1/2 flour to fat in pan,whisk constantly till lite brown, add low sodium beef broth gradually, whisking as you go till smooth,bring to simmer, then pour over meatballs.
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5We always served this with whipped potatoes, green beans and Lingonberry preserves... cranberry sauce is very close in flavor to lingonberry.
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