Swedish Meatballs: Any Tips for Making Them Perfectly?

[babywings76]

Has anyone made the Swedish Meatballs from 29 Min. 2 yet? Any tips? How did they turn out? How much sauce was there? I'm just trying to decide what else to serve with it. I didn't want to do the fingerling potatoes thing. I do have regular potatoes that I could bake or something. Just wasn't sure what else goes good w/ Swedish meatballs. Rice, pasta?

Oh, and this is a dumb question I'm sure...but what is the best way to make bread crumbs from the french bread? Mine is a couple days old, but it's been in a ziplock bag and is still soft. Do I put it in the oven--what temp, how long?

 

[babywings76]

bumping...I still haven't made these, so if anyone has any advice fire away!

 

[babywings76]

Well, I made these tonight (will use my leftover chicken with the sun-dried tomatoes seasoning another day...) since I needed to use up the ground turkey (almost forgot I had it!)I'm not too big of a fan of this recipe. I remember having swedish meatballs once as a child, and they were "real" swedish meatballs. These didn't taste familiar to me, and thought they were a bit blah, other than the cinnamon spice blend seasoning that I can still taste.I just served it over rice since I didn't have fingerling potatoes. I also just used regular bread crumbs (not fresh, since I didn't have the french bread any longer).I'll have to wait for DH to get home and eat it before I make a final judgement, but so far I think I'd skip making them again.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I don't care for Swedish Meatballs myself - so this is one of the few recipes in the new cookbook that didn't interest me.

 

[babywings76]

DH ended up liking it, and really liking the gravy part. So he's getting all the leftovers. (I'll eat some of the leftover Chicken Mexican Lasagna I made yesterday.)