Swedish Meatballs

Ingredients & Method:

1. Soak 2/3 cup dry bread crumbs in 3/4 cup canned milk
2. Combine:
• 1/4 cup chopped onion
• 3/4 lb. chopped lean ground beef
• 1/4 lb. ground veal
• 1/4 lb. ground pork
• (you can use one kind of meat, but the blend is better)
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. pepper
• 1/8 tsp cloves
3. Blend mixture with a light hand. Shape into small balls.
4. Fry balls in butter or oil until brown, shaking pan to prevent sticking
5. Add 1/4 cup boiling water and simmer over very low heat for 5 minutes.

"This is as close as I can come to my mother's delicious meat balls. I can remember her shaking the pan and adding water"

Christina Olson (1864-1943) as remembered by her daughter Nell Ellsworth