Swedish meatballs

Ingredients

Meatballs

• 3/4 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 lbs veal
• 1/4 lbs pork
• 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup cup milk
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/4 cup ginger
• pepper
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 cup "half & half"
• 1/4 cup parsley
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp MSG (optional)

Gravy

• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp flour
• 3/4 cup half & half
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• 1/2 tsp concentrated meat extract (optinal)
• dash MSG (optional)

Procedure

1. Grind meat together.
2. Soak bread 5 min in milk.
3. Cook onion in butter till tender.
4. Combine meat, bread crumbs, onion, 1 cup "half & half", parsley and seasonings.
5. Make meatballs (1 inch in diameter) and brown in butter (add more butter if needed)
6. After browning meatballs, stir flour into drippings, add half & half, butter, coffee, meat extract, MSG.
7. Heat and stir until thickened.
8. Either add meatball and gravy to a croc pot and simmer until ready to eat, or add meatballs to sauce in pan and simmer for 10 minutes.