Swedish Meatballs for the Guys

Hi all,

Thursday nights are R and mine cooking date night and I asked R what he would like. Out popped "Swedish Meatballs" which was an excellent idea. I had never made Swedish meatballs before and with Swedish meatballs you have to make mashed potatoes. I have a weakness for mashed potatoes, so I was all for the Swedish meatball suggestion. They don't call for many ingredients and with this recipe there's enough for leftovers, unless your guy wants to eat them all.

1/2 cup bread or cracker crumb
1/3 cup cream or half and half

Soak the bread crumbs in the cream, set aside.

1 medium onion, chopped
1 T butter

Saute the onion in the butter until just starting to brown. Set aside to cool.

1 pound ground turkey meat (I used TJ's dark meat ground turkey)
Salt and pepper
Pinch of ground cloves

Combine the above ingredients with the soaked bread crumbs/cream, onions, and ingredients listed above. Mix gently until just mixed. Make small meatballs. Mine were a little over an inch.

2 T butter

Melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs, not crowding them. (I cooked all of them at once, in my huge cast iron skillet.) Brown on all sides. Remove the meatballs from the pan to make the gravy.

2 T butter
2 T flour
3/4 cup beef broth
2/3 cup cream

I left the little bits of meatballs in the pan and just added the butter. Melt the butter then add the flour. Cook a few minutes, then add the stock and stir constantly until thickened. Add the cream, stir, and then add in the meatballs. Heat until the meatballs are heated through. If the gravy is too thick, you can add extra beef broth or cream.

Of course you'll have to make mashed potatoes to go with the meatballs.

Hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

Hugs,
Mameekosan