Hungry Man
Senior Member
Swedish meatballs or köttbullar are thought to be are based on recipes that King Charles XII would have brought from the Ottoman Empire to Sweden in the early 18th century following his exile in Istanbul.
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Ingredients:
Instructions:
Ingredients:
- 300 g minced beef, 200 g minced pork
- 1/2 cup rusk flour or breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 3 tbsp whole milk
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp allspice
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp oil to fry
- Sauce:
- 40 g butter
- 40 g all purpose flour
- 250 ml beef stock
- 150 ml double cream
- 2 tsp soy sauce (low salt)
- 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tsp salt and black pepper to season
Instructions:
- Finely chop the onions and the garlic
- Melt and slightly brown the butter in a pan, cook the onions until translucent,
- Add garlic and cook for few seconds until fragrant
- In a bowl, combine minced beef and pork and mix with your fingers
- Add onion, garlic, egg and mix to combine
- Add allspice, white pepper, black pepper and salt
- Add breadcrumbs and the milk and mix your hands to combine
- Cover and let them rest in the fridge for 1-2 hours
- Shape the mixture into small balls,
- In a frying pan, heat oil to medium heat, cook the meatballs until brown on all sides
- Transfer to an oven dish
- Place in a slightly warm oven, keep there until the sauce is ready
- For the sauce, melt the butter in the same pan and heat until slightly brown
- Add flour and whisk until combined
- Add the stock and continue to stir until the liquid is slightly reduced
- Add double cream, soy sauce, dijon mustard;
- Season with salt and black pepper; stir and let it simmer until thickened
- Pour the sauce over the meatballs
- Serve with boiled mini potatoes or fries and lingonberry jam for the sides
