EL’s Swedish Meat Balls

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

⅓ cup minced onion

1 egg

½ cup milk

½ cup fresh bread crumbs

1 ½ teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons sugar

½ teaspoon allspice

¼ teaspoon nutmeg

1 pound chuck

¼ pound should pork ground

Gravy:

2 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons flour

1 teaspoon sugar

1 ¼ teaspoon salt

⅛ teaspoon pepper

1 cup water

¾ cup light cream

Directions

In 2 tablespoons of hot butter in large skillet saute onion until golden brown. Meanwhile in large mixing bowl - beat egg, add milk and crumbs. Let stand 5 minutes, add salt, sugar, allspice, nutmeg, meats and onion. Blend well. In same skillet heat 2 tablespoons butter - shape meatballs. Brown on all sides. Remove to casserole as they get done.

Into fat left in skillet, stir flour, teaspoon sugar, salt, pepper - slowly add water and cream to gravy. Heat well and either put the meat balls in gravy or serve gravy separate in a bowl.