Ingredients
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1 1/2 lbs ground beef
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2 cups potatoes, peeled, cooked, and mashed
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1 small grated onion
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2 eggs
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2 teaspoons salt (to taste)
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1/4 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
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4 tablespoons butter or 4 tablespoons margarine
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3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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1 cup beef broth
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1 cup milk
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1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
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1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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2 tablespoons chopped dill pickles
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hot cooked noodles
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1/4 cup chopped peeled cooked beets
Instructions
- Mix ground beef lightly with mashed potatoes, onion, beets, dill pickles, eggs, 1 tsp salt, and pepper until well blended.
- Shape into 36 meatballs, then flatten each slightly.
- Brown, a few at a time, in butter or margarine, in a large frying pan, adding butter or margarine as needed.
- When cooked through, remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.
- 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.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until the gravy thickens.
- Place the meatballs in the gravy and simmer 10-15 minutes on low.
- Serve over hot cooked noodles.