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Cream Sauce for Swedish Meatballs
photo by Dianne G.
- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄8 pint cream
- 1⁄4 pint beef stock
- 1⁄2 tablespoon soy sauce, to taste
- 1 tablespoon white flour
- 1 tablespoon water
- salt
- white pepper
directions
- Swirl out the pan with boiling beef stock.
- Add the cream.
- Add the flour mixed with approx 1 tablepoons of water.
- Add the seasonings.
- Simmer until the sauce thickens.
- Serve with Swedish meatballs.
Reviews
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Wonderful sauce!!! I used homemade stock and added a little beef base checking carefully that it didn't get too salty (thank you other reviewers). I also sauteed a minced shallot before adding the broth. This is going to be a 'go to' sauce for other dishes as well as the meatballs. As a public service announcement to my American friends I want to mention that the measurements are in Imperial as the chef is English. What this means to you is that a pint in England is 20 oz versus the 16 oz you may be accustomed too.
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Great simple sauce !! THANKS FOR POSTING!! I also add a dash of onion and garlic powder and a TBS of dried porcini mushroom powder ( brings out that umami flavor). I mix WONDRA flour into a tbs of sherry instead of water. I noticed that there were some posts about the measurements ( being uk verses us). Just remember to those of us who are American uk cooking measurements strike us dumbfounded!! Remember is this saying " a pints a pound world round " i.e. 16 oz ! That goes for volume or weight. Here is the recipe that was posted above serving 4 simplified ( non metric ) ¼ c cream ½ c beef stock/broth ½ Tbs soy sauce 1 tbs white flour 1 Tbs water Salt and white pepper to taste
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My family enjoyed this very much. I loosely tripled the recipe using US ounces, which came out to a little less than 1 cup of cream which I assumed was half and half. I used a 14.5 oz. can of reduced sodium beef broth, about two tablespoons of soy sauce, and approximately 5 tablespoons each of flour and water. I thickened the gravy to the consistency we like. The additional soy sauce gave a little more depth of flavor and since the beef broth had 50% less sodium than regular we didn't find the gravy to be to salty. I used homemade meatballs that I keep in the freezer, and served it over mashed red potatoes. Even my husband enjoyed it and he said he's never really cared for Ikea's Swedish Meatballs. Thank you for a quick, satisfying and easy recipe.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
wizkid
Hertford, Hertfordshire
I live in Hertford in England with my husband, son and dog. I love cooking, and love reading recipie books planning meals for my friends. However, I spend so long reading the books, I tend to be put off trying the recipies myself. I find recipezaar a brilliant resource, and try a new recipie every weekend. My first being spinach and ricotta canelloni which is absolutely delicious.