Recipe for "meatballs-2"

NAME

     MEATBALLS-2 - A Swedish national dish
     This is a traditional Swedish recipe. It is  served  at  the
     smorgasbord  and  also at Christmas in Swedish homes (as one
     of many dishes). It can also be  served  with  brown  sauce,
     potatoes  and lingonberry jam at lunch or dinner.  Kids love
     the meatballs with pasta.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 4)

     50 ml     bread crumbs
     100 ml    milk
     1         small onion
     400 g     ground meat (mixture of beef and pork)
     1         egg
               salt and pepper

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Mix bread crumbs and milk. Let it swell for  about
               10 minutes.
          (2)  Mince the onion and fry it until soft.
          (3)  Mix all the ingredients.
          (4)  Form into small balls with  your  hands.  This  is
               easier  to  do  with  wet  hands.  The size of the
               balls can vary a little, but a cherry is too small
               and a ping-pong ball is too big.
          (5)  Fry the balls in butter in a  frying  pan  (medium
               hot)  for about 5 minutes. Turn them around to get
               them fried on all sides. The balls get dark brown.

NOTES

     It's a little bit tricky to get the balls round.  Don't  put
     all the meatballs in the frying pan at once.

RATING

     Difficulty: moderate.  Time:  30 - 40  minutes.   Precision:
     measure the ingredients.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Anders Rantila
     CS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
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