Swedish Meatballs

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  1 tsp or 5g

• Onion

  raw

  1 small or 70g

• Garlic

  raw

  1 cloves, minced or 3g

• Celery

  raw

  1 stalks, large (11 inches long) or 64g

• Parsley

  raw

  ¼ cup or 15g

• Ground beef

  raw, lean, 95/5

  1 lb or 453g

• Egg

  whole

  1 large or 50g

• Plain Bread Crumbs

  Winco Foods

  ¼ cup or 23g

• Salt

  table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Black pepper

  ground

  1 dash or 0.1g

• Allspice

  ground

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Beef stock

  home-prepared

  2 cup or 480g

• Cream cheese

  2 oz or 57g

Directions

1. In a large deep saute pan, heat oil on medium heat, add onions and garlic; sauté until onions are translucent, about 4-5 minutes.
2. Add celery and parsley and cook until soft, about 3-4 more minutes.
3. Let cool a few minutes.
4. In a large bowl combine beef, egg, onion mixture, breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and allspice.
5. Mix well and form meatballs with your hands 1/8 cup each (fill 1/4 cup then divide the meat in half).
6. Add beef stock to the pan and bring to a boil.
7. Reduce heat to medium-low and slowly drop meatballs into the broth.
8. Cover and cook about 20 minutes.
9. Remove the meatballs with a slotted spoon and set aside in a serving dish.
10. Strain the stock, add to blender with cream cheese and pulse until smooth.
11. Return to pan and simmer a few minutes to thicken, then pour over meatballs.
12. Garnish with parsley and serve over noodles or with toothpicks if you want to set these out as an appetizer.
13. Recipe by: Skinnytaste (source: https://www.skinnytaste.com/swedish-meatballs/)