Everyone loves Swedish Meatballs and everybody’s Grandma makes them the “best”. If you want to recapture that part of your childhood or want to pass that down to your kids, this is the recipe for you.
Swedish Meatballs
Do you remember the first time you had really good Swedish meatballs? Maybe your mom or Grandma made them for you, or maybe you had them at a church potluck.
I remember mine.
It was at my great great aunt Sally’s farm outside of Turtle Lake, North Dakota. Even as a young child I remember thinking that food can’t taste better than this.
The exact recipe was never written down, so this recipe is a copy of Sally’s based off of information gathered from various family members that have either eaten the meatballs or as some claim, watched her make them.
Some said to use sliced bread, and some said breadcrumbs. More said bread slices, so that’s what I went with. Someone else said skim milk, but everyone else said whole milk. We use whole milk here. No SKIM allowed in this house.
One thing everyone agreed on was what kind of meat she used. Ground beef, ground pork, and ground veal. All in equal proportions and all finely ground. No coarse ground meat. Your meatballs won’t be as tender as you’ll want them to be.
I think we got these pretty close to my aunt Sally’s recipe and it was fun to reminisce with my family about Sally, the farm and the Swedish meatballs that make all others pale by comparison.
One more big positive about these meatballs is that your kids are going to love them. I have famously picky kids, and we go seven for seven every time we make them. Some other family favorites that are kid-tested and picky-kid-approved is our homemade chicken noodles soup, this meaty marinara, and my chicken alfredo lasagna.
Swedish meatballs are my favorite and my aunt Sally’s, (or nearly) won’t let you down. Make them for dinner tonight and start your own tradition that you can hand down to the next generation of cooks in your family.
Yield: 8 people
Everyone loves Swedish meatballs and everybody's Grandma makes them the "best". If you want recapture that part of your childhood or want to pass that down to your kids, this is the Swedish meatball recipe for you.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Ingredients
Meatballs
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground veal, {can sub in extra pork and beef if you don't do veal}
1 pound ground pork
3 slices white bread
3 large egg yolks
1/2 cup milk
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Sauce
4 cups beef broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 stick butter, {salted}
3/4 cup flour
Instructions
Break the pieces of bread into small pieces, and place into a large mixing bowl along with the milk, egg yolks, salt, pepper, nutmeg, allspice, onion powder, black pepper, ground veal, and beef.
Mix the ingredients by hand until they are well combined. Form into golf ball sized meatballs, and set aside.
Brown the meatballs in a large skillet over medium heat until all sides are browned. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Reserving the rendered fat in the pan, add in the the butter. Once the butter is melted, whisk in the flour to make a roux, and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2-3 minutes.
While continuously whisking, add in the beef broth and increase heat to medium. Stir frequently until the sauce thickens.
Whisk the cream into the sauce once it is thickened, and then add the meatballs back into the pan. Reduce heat to low and cover and simmer for 25-30 minutes.
Serve over hot buttered egg noodles, or creamy garlic mashed potatoes.
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The sauce for Swedish Meatballs is a creamy gravy that is made with butter, beef broth/stock, thickened with flour and made creamy with cream. But the most important flavour for the a really good creamy gravy is the pan drippings after searing the meatballs.
It's lingonberry season and the small sour berries that thrive best in cold climates are ready to be picked. Swedes love eating the jam made from lingonberries with meatballs, mashed potatoes and cream sauce.
The meatballs - along with all the dishes in IKEA restaurants - are priced so competitively to attract people to the store. The hope is, that once there, customers will also spend money on household items. The restaurants also reinforce the IKEA brand image of being 'low price' and 'good value'.
Ikea first said that it would not sell or serve any meatballs at its stores in Sweden after the Czech authorities detected horse meat in frozen meatballs that were labeled beef and pork, even though Ikea's own tests two weeks ago had not detected horse DNA.
Roll the finished meatballs in plain flour before frying. This is, hands down, one of the easiest ways I've discovered to prevent meatballs from falling apart when cooking.
While both varieties include ingredients such as grated onion and panade (milk-soaked bread) or bread crumbs, plus the usual salt and pepper, Swedish meatballs traditionally use spices like allspice, nutmeg, white pepper, and sometimes ground ginger as flavoring.
ANSWER: Usually when meatballs fall apart, it's the binder that is the problem. Most meatball recipes call for using bread crumbs and eggs. But too much bread crumbs make them too loose, and not enough bread crumbs won't help them hold together either.
Czech authorities alerted the discount furniture maker that they had found horsemeat in a sample of meatballs, and Ikea subsequently pulled the product from stores in 14 countries.
Usually, authentic Swedish meatballs are served with Lingonberry jam. If you can't find it, you can substitute it with raspberry jam or red currant jelly.
Ikea stores in U.S., Canada not affected. STOCKHOLM - Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe's widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid suspicions that they contained horse meat. Stores in the U.S. and Canada were not affected, Ikea said.
IKEA in February stopped selling meatballs from its main supplier, Familjen Dafgard in Sweden, after tests showed a batch contained horsemeat. The discovery widened a Europe-wide horsemeat scandal that has damaged confidence in the continent's vast and complex food industry.
Are Ikea meatballs healthy? The meatballs are low in carbs but high in fat content, so while they're not healthy food, Ikea Swedish meatballs can be part of a healthy eating plan when enjoyed in moderation and as an occasional treat.
They're famous – and one of the brand's most prized assets. But some of the romantic Swedishness of the meatballs, which are served with mash, light gravy and lingonberry jam, has been forever lost. Ikea's iconic meatballs originated in what is now modern day Turkey.
Horse Meat Found In Ikea's Meatballs : The Salt The Swedish furniture giant has become the latest retailer swept up in Europe's widening horse meat scandal. The affected meatballs have been pulled from stores in more than a dozen countries.
They're famous – and one of the brand's most prized assets. But some of the romantic Swedishness of the meatballs, which are served with mash, light gravy and lingonberry jam, has been forever lost. Ikea's iconic meatballs originated in what is now modern day Turkey.
Are Ikea meatballs healthy? The meatballs are low in carbs but high in fat content, so while they're not healthy food, Ikea Swedish meatballs can be part of a healthy eating plan when enjoyed in moderation and as an occasional treat.
The meatball embodies so much of the IKEA culture: it's convenient, it's Swedish, and it's for the many. And after so many years, it's still on the menu at every IKEA store in the world.”
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