Hamline Church Swedish Meatballs
Served at the Hamline Church Dining Hall at the Minnesota State Fair starting in the 1930s.
Ingredients
- 24 slices bread, dried and made into crumbs (approximately 14 cups of crumbs)
- 1½ qts. water
- 15 lbs. ground beef
- 12 eggs, beaten
- 3 onions, ground
- 5 Tbsp. salt
- 1 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. allspice
- 1 tsp. sage
- ½ tsp. ground cloves
- ½ tsp. nutmeg
- ½ tsp. curry powder
- Prepared beef gravy
Instructions
- Soak bread crumbs in water. Combine bread mixture, beef, eggs, onions and seasonings; be careful not to overmix.
- Measure mixture with dipper and shape into 2½-inch balls. Arrange balls in rows in 12-by-20-inch pan.
- Bake at 400° until done as desired; drain fat.
- Serve with beef gravy.