Lake Superior Recipe Box

Swedish Meatballs

This selection of family comfort food comes from the Recipe Box of Mayme Erickson (“Gram” to Publisher Cindy Marshall Hayden). See below for how to send us something tasty from your family’s Recipe Box.

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Mix the beef, salt, bread, eggs and minced onion - chill until a bit firm. Make meatballs about golf ball size. Brown sliced onions in small amount of oil. Remove browned onions, set aside and brown the meatballs in the pan. When browned, cover with water and let simmer until the water is gone - about 20 to 30 minutes.

Sprinkle with flour, cover with milk, heat to a gentle simmer and stir gently until flour thickens the milk into a gravy. Add the onions back in long enough to heat through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Recipe doubles easily. Serve over mashed potatoes.

Send Your Recipe

Send us your family recipe for Swedish Meatballs or some other regional dish with a note about when you usually serve it and to whom. Please include your name, address, phone and e-mail. We may put your recipe on our Lake Superior Recipe Box on the Web or use it in the magazine. Those who send recipes that we use will get a Lake Superior gift. Send to Recipe Box, P.O. Box 16417, Duluth, MN 55816-0417 or to recipes@lakesuperior.com.