Swedish Meatballs

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 2 cups potatoes, peeled, cooked, and mashed
• 1 small grated onion
• 1/4 cup chopped peeled cooked beets
• 2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• hot cooked noodles

1. Mix ground beef lightly with mashed potatoes, onion, beets, dill pickles, eggs, 1 tsp salt, and pepper until well blended.
2. Shape into 36 meatballs, then flatten each slightly.
3. Brown, a few at a time, in butter or margarine, in a large frying pan, adding butter or margarine as needed.
4. When cooked through, remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
5. Blend flour and remaining tsp of salt into dripping in pan (add more black pepper if you like); stir in the beef broth, milk, nutmeg, and Worcestershire sauce.
6. Cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens.
7. Place the meatballs in the gravy and simmer 10-15 minutes on low.
8. Serve over hot cooked noodles.

ground beef, potatoes, onion, dill pickles, eggs, salt, pepper, butter, allpurpose, beef broth, milk, worcestershire sauce, ground nutmeg, noodles

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swedish-meatballs-35008 (may not work)