Famous Ikea Swedish Meatballs

Submitted by Chef #313112

"These meatballs are delicious-if you ever go shopping at an Ikea, you must stop at their restaurant and try these."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2⁄3 lb lean ground beef
• 1⁄3 lb ground lean pork
• 1⁄2 cup breadcrumbs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (for frying)
• 1 (10 ounce) can beef gravy
• 1⁄2 cup 10% cream

directions

1. Saute onions in first tablespoon of oil until translucent. Set aside and let cool.
2. Combine breadcrumbs and milk, let soak for 10 minutes.
3. In a large bowl, combine onions, breadcrumbs, milk egg, meat and seasonings. Mix thoroughly. Form tablespoon of the meat mixture into balls.
4. Over medium heat, fry meatballs in second tablespoon of oil until brown on all sides.
5. In a small saucepan, combine gravy and cream; heat through but do not boil.
6. Serve meatballs with gravy, boiled potatoes and lingonberry preserves.

Reviews

[bigbirdhouse]

I was making this for a crowd so I used 1.5 lbs. ground beef and 1 lb. ground pork. I doubled everything else and the consistency was fine. The meatballs were difficult to roll by hand but dropping them in the pan using a cookie dough scoop worked great! Very, very delicious!!

 

[awassenmiller]

These were delicious and tasted just like IKEA's. I meant to half the milk, as others recommended, but I forgot. I didn't have any problems with the consistency though. I used ground turkey since I didn't have pork, and fat free half and half for the cream. I will definitely make these again!

 

[rsinguillo]

This recipe really tastes good.My husband and I love it so dearly. Thanks for posting this recipe so I could prepare it at home . I just hope i can cook n swedish meatballs and taste like real.

 

[Linda Wade]

I wrote a previous review saying I would try these again...and I did. I used 1/2 the milk and found it perfect. The only other change I would make is to double the gravy - as a family of two, there wasn't quite enough gravy left for a second dinner. (and they taste just as good reheated in the microwave!)

 

[lindawade]

Excellent taste, but way too much liquid in the mixture. It was like handling thick soup. Next time I will cut the milk in half - but there will be a next time. These were really good!