In one of my Norwegian wife's favorite movie the Hanson family is very close to my wifes family. Mama reminds us of Dotties mother Martha. Certainly the Norgweian food is similar including how mama made her Norwegian meatballs and cooked them by boiling them in "Chocbolla" which is a stock made with chicken or beef . The following recipe is a variation of what mama did to make her meatballs so much better than "the aunts" recipe. I hope you will try it and enjoy a little bit of Norway!
MEAT BALL INGREDIENTS:1 lb of ground chuck
1/2 lb of ground pork
1 cup of bread crumbs
2 eggs
1 medium onion, peeled and minced
1 tab Millers Chicken Base
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
DIRECTIONS;
1. mix all the ingredients and form them
into meatballs
2. pour the 1/2 cup of virgin olive oil
into a large fry pan
3. add the meatballs and fry them about
10 minutes, turning them until all sides
are well browned (set aside)
STOCK INGREDIENTS:
2 tbls Millers Chicken Soup Base
4 beef ribs
1/2 cup of virgin olive oil
2 stalks of celery, cut in 4ths
1 medium onion, peeled and sliced
1 tsp black pepper
2 qts of water
1 cup of heavy cream to make the
gravy
1/2 cup virgin olive oil to make the gravy
1/2 stick butter for a roux for gravy
3 tbs of flour
1 lb of wide egg noodles or 4 to 5
white potatoes
DIRECTIONS:
1. pour a half cup of virgin oil into a lg fry pan
2. add the beef rib bones and fry
until well browned
3. add the chicken base, celery, carrots, and onions
with the bones and saute them about ten minutes
4. add the water and stir in with the bones and
vegtables
5. simmer about 1 1/2 hrs until incorporated
6. now add the meatballs into the stock and
continue cooking about a good half hour then
remove the meatballs and set aside
7. take half the stock and put it in a large bowl
for the gravy
GRAVY
1. pour a half cup virgin olive oil into a large fry
pan
2. add the flour to the oil and stir well into a roux
then add the stock and stir well
3. add the heavy cream and stir in until the gravy
is thick and creamy.
4. make the pound of noodles or mashed potatoes
and serve with the meatballs
I have to try this...kind of funny that I just found this article while watching the movie you are referring to...I Remember Mama...have had it for years and my brother wore out his copy 3 times and had to keep getting another LOL. I love old movies.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe. ~Tricia