Kendra's Swedish Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1 1/2 cups half-and-half
• 1 teaspoon condensed beef broth
• 1 teaspoon tamari

Recipe

• 1 soak bread crumbs in the milk.
• 2 in a large bowl combine ground beef, nutmeg, salt, and eggs.
• 3 saute onion in butter until soft, about 5 minutes.
• 4 stir onions and bread/milk mixture into ground beef.
• 5 allow to sit 30 minutes.
• 6 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 place rack on large baking pan.
• 8 form 25-30 meatballs placing on rack.
• 9 bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 10 remove pan from oven and turn meatballs over.
• 11 bake another 20 minutes.
• 12 remove cooked meatballs from pan.
• 13 pour off grease.
• 14 pour beef broth in pan over rack.
• 15 let soak for 20 minutes to loosen baked on goodies.
• 16 scrape pan and rack.
• 17 set aside.
• 18 mix 2-3 tablespoons flour in 1/2 cup half and half until smooth.
• 19 pour in saucepan with remainder of half and half and beef broth with pan scrapings.
• 20 mix well and bring to simmer over medium heat stirring frequently.
• 21 add concentrated beef broth and tamari; taste and adjust seasonings -- you may want more tamari or beef broth concentrate.
• 22 when thick add meatballs.
• 23 serve over egg noodles.