From Dr. Atkins Diet Cookbook (1974)
Makes 30 meatballs
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup Baken-ets pork rinds, crushed
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/4 pound ground pork
- 1/4 pound ground veal
- 1 large onion chopped fine
- 3 Tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons Krazy salt
- 1/2 recipe Cream Sauce (the recipe calls for Basic Cream Sauce but since I really did not like that I will use Quick Cream Sauce)
- nutmeg
- caraway seeds
Mix heavy cream and water together. Add pork rinds and allow to soak. Combine beef, pork and veal.
Saute onion in 1 Tablespoon butter until light brown.
Mix cream mixture, meat, and onion together. Season with salt. Shape into small balls, and brown in 2 Tablespoons butter.
Remove balls to chafing dish and keep warm.
Make cream sauce and pour over meatballs. Garnish with nutmeg and caraway seeds.
Total grams of carbohydrates: 16.3
Grams per meatball: .5
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