Swedish Meatballs

Swedish Meatballs, you can't visit Sweden without trying them and we had the chance to help make them!

Ingredients

new potatoes
1/2 lb ground beef
1/2 lb ground pork
2 small boiled potatoes, finely grated
1 egg
1 small onion, finely minced
1/4 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper to taste

Clean and boil enough new potatoes to serve with dinner, plus 2 extra for meat mixture, reserving 1 cup potato water for making gravy. Mix together all ingredients except cream until well mixed, but still loose(add a little water if the mixture is too dry). Roll meat mixture into small balls wetting hands to stop mixture from sticking. Fry balls until brown and cooked through. Remove balls from pan and add 2 tablespoons flour, reserved potato water and heavy cream to drippings, cook to thicken. Serve meatballs with boiled potatoes and gravy with a bit of cranberry jelly on the side and cucumber salad.

Agnetta making the perfect sized meatball.

She fryed the meatballs in a cast iron frying pan passed down to her from her mother.

Ken waits with a glass of wine, licking his lips!

Dinner is ready and so are we!

Cuccmber Salad

Slice cucumber thinly into a bowl and sprinkle with salt, let rest for 30 minutes then rise off salt. Mix a white vinegar and sugar mixture together, it should taste strongly of the vinegar but with a little hint of sweetness. Mix dressing into cucumbers and top with chopped parsley to serve.