Vegetarian Swedish Meatballs

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3 slices bread, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 3/4 cup skim milk or 3/4 cup soymilk
• 2 (12 ounce) packages soy crumbles
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (if you are using soymilk or skim milk add another tablespoon)
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 1 cup soymilk or 1 cup skim milk or 1 cup fat-free half-and-half
• plus 1 tablespoon powdered milk (with skim only)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• 2 in a large bowl combine bread crumbs, onion, pepper, nutmeg. and burger-style crumbles until well blended. add all but 2 tablespoons of milk and test if your "meat" will form a ball. if needed, because the mixture is too dry, add the additional milk. form into 1 1/2 inch balls.
• 3 in a large skillet over medium heat, brown the 'meat' balls in oil. remove with a slotted spoon and place in a 2 quart casserole dish.
• 4 whisk flour into drippings in skillet; cook until bubbly, stirring constantly. stir in broth and half-and-half/soy milk/skim milk and continue cooking, stirring, until sauce thickens and boils, about 1 minute. pour over 'meat' balls .
• 5 bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.