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Finnish Meatballs (Lihapyorykoita)

These Finnish meatballs, or lihapyorykoita, are my family’s favorite meal. They’re made with punajuuret, or beets, and perunasose, which are mashed potatoes. Serve it with cranberry sauce. Personally, I also like it with a quarter of a pickle on the side.

Preparation Details

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 cup plain bread crumbs
  • 1 yellow onion, minced
  • 1 egg
  • ½ cup whipping cream
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground allspice
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • ½ cup whipping cream

Steps

  1. Mix ground beef, bread crumbs, onion, egg, cream, salt, and allspice in a bowl with your hands until evenly mixed. Roll mixture into golf ball-sized spheres.
  2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook about half the meatballs in melted butter until evenly browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes; remove to a plate and repeat with remaining meatballs, keeping liquid in the skillet when finished.
  3. Sift flour into the skillet drippings; cook flour in the skillet drippings until brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly stream milk into the skillet while whisking vigorously; pour cream into mixture and stir until smooth. If you aren’t good at making gravy and end up with some lumps you can pour gravy through a strainer. Return all meatballs to the skillet; stir to coat with gravy. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook until the meatballs are cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.

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