What's Cooking? Swedish Meatballs

Happy almost 4th of July!! Tomorrow, my company is having a cookout. Well, it's an indoor cookout. Everyone has to bring something and I decided to bring some homemade meatballs. It is a really simple and delicious dish to make that I am sure I will be making again.

Ingredients:

Meatballs:

1 large yellow or white onion, peeled, grated (through a cheese grater)

2 Tbsp butter

1/3 cup milk

1/2 cup of bread crumbs

2 eggs

2 lbs of ground Turkey (I do not eat red meat so I substituted beef for turkey)

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg

2 teaspoons black pepper

Sauce:

6 Tbsp butter

1/3 cup flour

1 quart beef stock

1/2 cup sour cream

Salt

2 Tbsp of raspberry jelly

Step 1:

Grate the onions (this was probably the worst step; my eyes were watering so much). Put the grated onions in a pan and simmer on low with 2 tbsp of butter for about 5 minutes. Take off the heat once they are cooked.

Step 2:

Mix milk and bread crumbs together in a bowl. When the onions have cooled, pour the onions in with the milk and bread crumbs and stir. Then, mix 2 lbs of turkey meat, eggs, salt, nutmeg, and black pepper in the bowl.

Doesn't this look so delicious?

Step 3:

With a spoon, make little balls out of the meat mixture and set them on a baking tray. You should probably be able to make like 30 meatballs depending upon the size.

Step 4:

Heat butter in a fry pan until butter is melted. Reduce to medium heat. Add meatballs to the frying pan. You will probably have to do this in steps as you do not want to over crowd the pan. The meatballs are really fragile so be careful with them as you are turning them because you don't want them to fall apart. Once they are browned on all sides take them off the heat. You do not want to cook the meatballs all the way through just yet. Repeat this step until you have used all the meat.

Step 5:

Time to make some sauce! In a large frying pan heat 6 tbsp of butter. When the butter is melted and hot, add 1/3 cup of flour and mix it around. Heat the mixture until it turns to a light brown color. This is the base of your roux. Then, add a quart of beef stock to the mix and stir that around until it thickens. I actually added in a beef stew seasonings to add a little flavor.

Step 6:

Add your half cooked meatballs to the sauce mixture. Once that has been cooking for 5 minutes or so, add your sour cream, salt, and raspberry jam for taste. Then, let it simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Let is cool for a couple minutes and serve over pasta!

I hope everyone likes it and you should try it too!

What are you making this 4th of July?

xoxo 

-Ashley