Swedish Meat Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 c. fresh bread crumbs
    1 c. milk
    3 Tbsp. chopped onion
    2 Tbsp. butter
    1 egg, slightly beaten
    1 lb. chopped chuck
    1/2 lb. chopped lean pork shoulder
    3/4 tsp. nutmeg
    3/4 tsp. salt
    1/8 tsp. pepper
    3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
    2 Tbsp. flour
    1 (10 1/2 oz.) can condensed consomme
    1/2 c. heavy cream or evaporated milk
    fresh dill
Preparation
    Soak bread crumbs and milk in large bowl for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in large skillet, saute onion in butter until straw colored, 2 minutes.
    Add egg, meats, nutmeg, salt, pepper and onion to bread crumbs.
    Mix well with fork.
    Shape into 18 meat balls. Heat remaining butter in skillet, brown meat balls well on all sides (10 minutes), a few at a time; remove.
    Blend flour into butter in skillet.
    Gradually stir in consomme.
    Add meat balls; simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until done.
    Stir in cream.
    Garnish with fresh dill.
    Serves 6.

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