IKEA's Swedish Meatballs at Home
photo by duonyte
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
-
Meatballs
- 500 g ground beef
- 250 g ground pork
- 1 onion, finely chopped (I assume a medium yellow onion)
- 1 garlic clove (crushed or minced)
- 100 g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 5 tablespoons whole milk
- salt and pepper (to taste, "generous" is in original)
- 1 dash oil
-
Cream Sauce
- 40 g butter (I would use unsalted)
- 40 g all-purpose flour
- 150 ml vegetable stock
- 150 ml beef stock
- 150 ml thick double cream (use heavy whipping cream in US)
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
directions
- 1. Combine beef and pork and work thoroughly with your hands to eliminate any lumps or areas that aren't thoroughly combined.
- 2. Add onion, garlic, breadcrumbs and egg and mix.
- 3. Add milk and season well with salt and pepper.
- 4. Shape into small, round balls and place on platter. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours - this will help them hold shape.
- 5. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and brown the meatballs. Transfer to an ovenproof dish, cover and bake for 30 minutes in a 180 deg C oven (160 deg convection).
- 6. Meanwhile, prepare the iconic Swedish cream sauce. Melt the butter in a saucepan. When melted, stir in the flour and whisk for two minutes.
- 7. Add the vegetable and beef stocks and continue to stir.
- 8. Add the double cream, soy sauce and mustard and bring to a simmer. Continue to stir and simmer until the sauce has thickened.
- 9. Serve with boiled or mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam/sauce.
- Note: As the meatballs were to be covered with sauce, I did not brown them. Instead, I shaped them and immediately placed them in my crockpot. I did not refrigerate them first. They were fully cooked in about two hours on low. I used the juices from the crockpot and some vegetable broth to make the sauce. The heavy cream was delicious, but next time I'll use whole milk instead.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!