Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar) Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Place the bread crumbs into a small bowl and mix in the cream. Allow to stand until crumbs absorb the cream about 10 minutes. While the bread is soaking melt 1 teaspoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat and cook and stir the onion until it turns light brown about 10 minutes. Place onion into a mixing bowl; mix with the ground beef ground pork egg brown sugar salt black pepper nutmeg allspice and ginger. Lightly mix in the bread crumbs and cream.

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Pinch off about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the meat mixture per meatball and form into balls. Place the meatballs into the skillet and cook just until the outsides are brown about 5 minutes turning the meatballs often. Insides of the meatballs will still be pink. Place browned meatballs into a baking dish pour in chicken broth and cover with foil.

Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are tender about 40 minutes. Remove meatballs to a serving dish.

To make brown gravy pour pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk the flour into the pan drippings until smooth and gradually whisk in enough beef broth to total about 2 1/2 cups of liquid. Bring the gravy to a simmer whisking constantly until thick about 5 minutes. Just before serving whisk in the sour cream. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve the gravy with the meatballs.