Finnish Meatballs (Lihapyorykoita) Recipe

Mix the ground beef bread crumbs onion egg cream salt and allspice in a bowl with your hands until evenly mixed. Roll the mixture into golf ball-sized spheres.

Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook about half the meatballs in the melted butter until evenly browned on all sides 5 to 7 minutes; remove to a plate and repeat with the remaining meatballs keeping the liquid in the skillet when finished.

Sift the flour into the skillet drippings; cook the flour in the skillet drippings until brown 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly stream the milk into the skillet while whisking vigorously; pour the cream into the mixture and stir until smooth. If you aren't good at making gravy and end up with some lumps you can pour the gravy through a strainer. Return all the meatballs to the skillet; stir to coat with the gravy. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the meatballs are cooked through 15 to 20 minutes.