Swedish Meatballs with Spicy Plum Sauce
- 1/2 -cup fine, dry bread crumbs
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, minced
- 2/3 cup ground beef
- 2/3 cup ground veal
- 2/3 cup ground pork
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, minced
- 6 pickled plums, pitted and minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons plum sauce
- In a small bowl, combine breadcrumbs and 1/2-cup heavy cream.
- Stir with fork until smooth.
- Set aside.
- In a small saute pan over medium heat, heat the oil and add the onion.
- Saute until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl, combine beef, veal, pork, honey, cooked onions and egg.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the bread crumb-cream mixture to the meat, and mix well.
- With wet hands 9to keep the meat from sticking), shape a meatball the size of a golf ball.
- If the meat is too soft to shape, more bread crumbs may be added to the mixture.
- Continue shaping meatballs, placing on a plate brushed with water.
- There will be about 24 meatballs.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter and add the meatballs.
- Saute, browning on all sides, until cooked through, about 7 minutes.
- Remove to a plate, and discard the fat from the skillet.
- Return skillet to heat, and add shallots, red pepper and plums.
- Saute until softened and lightly browned.
- Add chicken broth, then remaining 1/ 4 cup of heavy cream.
- Stir in plum sauce, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Add meatballs to sauce and simmer over medium heat, until sauce thickens slightly and meatballs are heated through, about 5 minutes.
- Serve.
bread crumbs, heavy cream, olive oil, yellow onion, ground beef, ground veal, ground pork, honey, egg, kosher salt, butter, shallot, red bell pepper, chicken broth, plum sauce
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/swedish-meatballs-with-spicy-plum-sauce-recipe.html (may not work)