Ede’s Meatballs

Sarah

Featuring Golden Mushroom Soup as one of the star ingredients, these meatballs have such a great flavor and make for the best gravy.

My mom’s Sunday dinners are something I didn’t fully appreciate growing up. I’d be just waking up when I would get called to the table where’d there would be a salad or coleslaw to start, followed by meat and potatoes, a side vegetable dish and dinner rolls—always dinner rolls—all by noon. On a Sunday!

Now, knowing how much work goes into preparing a sit-down meal, I truly look forward to any opportunity I get to eat Sunday dinner at my mom’s table. I had that chance recently when we took a quick trip up north to celebrate my dad’s birthday. My mom made one of our family’s favorite Sunday meals: Ede’s Meatballs.

What makes these meatballs so special? This is yet one more beloved dish that comes from my mom’s late Aunt Ede, who was such an amazing home cook and whose recipes continue to be part of so many of our family dinners today. Known for creating delicious, memorable dishes without too much fuss, Ede knocked it out of the park with this one.

Featuring Golden Mushroom Soup as one of the star ingredients, these meatballs have such a great flavor and make for the best gravy. So naturally, mom serves them with her fluffy mashed potatoes, and the combo is the very epitome of Sunday dinner in our family. Plus, the aroma of these beefy babies baking up in your oven are sure to lure everyone, even sleepy teenagers, to the table.

Aunt Ede, pictured here in her home in Nymore, Minn. near Bemidji.
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Ede's Meatballs

Featuring Golden Mushroom Soup as one of the star ingredients, these meatballs have such a great flavor and make for the best gravy.

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds ground beef
  • 7 slices bread with crusts; cut up into pieces
  • 1 1/2 cups canned evaporated milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • parsley flakes, a tablespoon or so
  • salt, pepper
  • 1 can cream of onion soup
  • 1 can french onion soup
  • 2 cans golden mushroom soup
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup water

Method

  • 1)

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

  • 2)

    Mix ground beef, bread, milk, baking powder and seasonings with hands; shape into balls and place in 9 x 13 pan.

  • 3)

    Mix flour and cold water in jar or with whisk; then blend it with the soups in a bowl.

  • 4)

    Cover meatballs with soup/flour mixture.

  • 5)

    Bake uncovered for one hour.

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