Swedish Meatballs (From a Swede!)

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon minced onion

⅓ cup fine dry bread crumbs

½ cup water

½ cup half-and-half

¾ pound ground beef

¼ pound ground pork

2 teaspoons salt

¼ teaspoon ground white pepper

⅓ teaspoon white sugar

3 tablespoons butter

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a frying pan over low heat; cook and stir onion in melted butter until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes.

Mix bread crumbs, water, and half-and-half in a large bowl; let stand for about 2 minutes. Stir cooked onion, ground beef, ground pork, salt, white pepper, and sugar into bread crumb mixture until thoroughly mixed. Shape mixture into about 48 very small meatballs.

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a skillet; add meatballs. Brown slowly, allowing about 25 minutes, until meatballs are fully cooked in the middle and no longer pink. Shake pan occasionally to cook evenly.