Swedish Meatballs II

Swedish Meatballs

These small meatballs, faintly flavored with allspice and nutmeg in a creamy sauce, would be good at a cocktail buffet speared with toothpicks. They are equally good served six to a person over noodles for dinner.

1-� lbs ground beef

2-� C whole-wheat bread crumbs

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 t sugar

� t allspice

� t nutmeg

� t salt

� t freshly ground pepper

2 T shortening

� C beef broth

� C heavy cream

Preheat the oven to 325� F. Combine the ground beef, bread crumbs, egg, sugar, allspice, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Shape into 1-� inch balls. Melt the shortening in a skillet and brown the meatballs. Transfer to a shallow casserole, pour on the beef broth, cover with foil, and bake for 25 minutes.. Add the cream and cook without a cover for 15 minutes more.

20 Meatballs

Cookbook: The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

Author: Marion Cunningham Typed by Susan Godfrey
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