Wednesday, February 02, 2011

A lunch of Swedish meatballs

Ken and I made a batch of Swedish meatballs on Monday. My contribution was mostly mechanical: I ground the meat and formed the meatballs. Ken did all the creative work, which included the sauce they were served in.

About a hundred little meatballs ready to be browned.

I did make the pommes dauphines (tater tots) that we had along side. You might remember, I made them at Christmas time and froze the leftover dough. All I had to do was thaw the dough, form the tots, and fry them up.

Lunch is served!

The meatballs were made with pork and beef, onion, bread crumbs, eggs, and seasonings. The sauce is a béchamel combined with the pan drippings (from browning the meatballs), beef broth, and cream. It was a great lunch. We included a small helping of leftover collard greens so there'd be some color on the plate.
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13 comments:

  1. Catherine02 February, 2011 09:39

    Looks & sounds delicious!
    Do you freeze the meatballs before or after cooking them? (I'm presuming you din't consume 100 in one sitting! - unless of course you had guests?)
    You eat really well.
    Bon appetit pour aujoud'hui!

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  2. Rick Bettencourt02 February, 2011 12:49

    I love Swedish meatballs and those tater tots look wonderful. What a delicious looking dinner.

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  3. Evelyn02 February, 2011 16:12

    A feast for our eyes, and your tummies;)

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  4. Diogenes02 February, 2011 16:13

    As I sit here with my coffee this cold morning, I want to jump through the picture and serve myself some of those meat balls, tots, and collard greens (?). True comfort food. Oh, and I think I see the wine peeking up behind the meat balls.

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  5. Thickethouse.wordpress02 February, 2011 16:24

    Time to go eat breakfast! I actually have some mixed ground beef and port I was thinking of making a meatloaf with. Now I'm tempted to go this Swedish way.....

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  6. Thickethouse.wordpress02 February, 2011 16:24

    ok. Not port. pork......

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  7. Sheila02 February, 2011 18:08

    A tempting meal indeed. I like
    your new photo close-up.

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  8. Mark02 February, 2011 18:45

    I'm glad that I just ate lunch or I'd be drooling by now. And just so we're clear, I'm talking about the food and not your new profile picture. Although that works for me too but in an entirely different way. I really need to stop typing, don't I?
    m.

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  9. Anonymous03 February, 2011 00:15

    Wow, I'd love to eat at your table for a month or six!

    Great new photo, Walt.

    BettyAnn

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  10. Ur-spo03 February, 2011 04:31

    I am not supposed to eat beef, but I admit, it is delicious for me; and meatballs are sooo yummy.
    I would love one of your meatballs.

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  11. Vương Tử Trực03 February, 2011 06:01

    Yummy!

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  12. wcs03 February, 2011 08:01

    catherine, we didn't freeze them, But I'm sure they'd freeze just fine (out of the sauce). We're eating the leftovers today with french fries.

    rick, very tasty, indeed!

    evelyn, yum!

    diogenes, yes, wine. De rigueur.

    kristi, port sounds good, too!

    sheila, thanks!

    mark, hehehehehe.

    bettyann, we do enjoy the food!

    michael, have two, they're small.

    vtt, :)

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  13. Starman05 February, 2011 21:56

    They look really great!

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