Bacon Wrapped Meatballs with Sour Cream from 1960
1 pound ground beef
1 egg
1/4 cup fine bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon salt
bacon strips, cut in half
sliced onions
1/2 cup sour cream
Mix together ground beef, egg, bread crumbs and salt.
Form into meatballs and wrap each in half strip of bacon
and fasten with a toothpick. Place wrapped meatballs
in greased baking pan on a layer of sliced onions.
Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. Then spread
sour cream over top of meatballs and reduce temperatue
to 325 degrees F for 45 minutes. The sour cream may
curdle, but this does not matter. Spoon liquid in
pan over meatballs when served. More sour cream may
be added if desired.
Source: Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Oct 22, 1960