Swedish Meatballs and Sour Cream Gravy

So the infamous "they" say the way to a mans heart is through his belly.  I stole my husbands heart a long time ago with a valentine placed in his locker.  Last night I served this meal for din-din and stole it all over again.  He l♥ved my recipe for Swedish meatballs.  Now the easy way to do it is to buy the meatballs already made in the frozen food section at your supermarket and add a can or two of cream of mushroom soup with a teaspoon of nutmeg; combine it all together in the crockpot and there you go.  This is a little more time consuming, but well worth the effort.

½ lb ground beef

½ lb bulk sausage

½ cup fresh bread crumbs (1 slice)

¼ cup half & half, warm

1 egg, beaten

½ tbsp onion powder

½ tsp salt

1 tsp pepper

½ tsp allspice

½ tsp cardamom

1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

1¾ cup beef broth

1 cup sour cream

¼ cup flour

3 mushrooms, sliced

Crumble beef and sausage in medium bowl and mix together; sprinkle with spices.  Add beaten egg, bread crumbs and half & half; mix well (mixture will be very moist).  Using small ice cream scoop form 1½ inch meatballs and roll gently.  Heat oil in cast iron skillet and cook meatballs on medium heat, turning often until browned on all sides (about 15 minutes). 

Remove meatballs from pan.  Add mushrooms and 1½ cup beef broth and stir, scrapping pieces from bottom with wooden spoon or spatula; bring to boil.  In measuring cup combine ¾ cup beef broth and flour and mix until smooth and add to pan.  Once mixture begins to bubble, reduce heat; add meatballs and cook 15 minutes.  Stir in sour cream just before serving.  We had ours with salad and mashed potatoes.

© Crackerberries 2011