IKEA may have made Swedish meatballs popular in this country, but my first experience of them came in the form of room service at a hotel in Stockholm. I was traveling alone for business, holed up in my room in comfy clothes with books to keep me company. I ordered the only thing on the menu that looked familiar—meatballs—that first night. They were so good I think I licked the plate clean. I stayed in and ordered the meatballs every night for the rest of the trip! Since then I've been on a quest to find a Swedish meatball as good, and I think we've done it here. If you like the IKEA meatballs, be prepared; these are way better. Flavored with nutmeg and cardamom, these little beef-and-pork meatballs are best served with a rich meat gravy spiked with sour cream and a little lingonberry jelly. You can serve the jelly on the side if you want, but it tastes great mixed right into the sauce, which is what we've done here. Do you have a family favorite recipe for Swedish meatballs? If so, please let us know about it in the comments. I've noticed several recipes calling for allspice, which we haven't used in this recipe, but you could certainly use it in place of or in addition to the cardamom or nutmeg. Swedish Meatballs RecipeLingonberry jelly is traditionally used with Swedish meatballs; you can substitute cranberry, red currant or raspberry jelly if you can't find lingonberry jelly. IngredientsMeatballs:
Sauce:
Method1 Sauté the grated onion in the butter over medium-high heat until the onions soften and turn translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. 2 In a medium bowl, mix the bread pieces with the milk. Set aside for 15-20 minutes, or until the bread soaks up all the milk. When it does, pulverize the bread in a food processor and pour it into a large bowl. 3 Add the cooled onions to the bowl of milk and bread. Add the rest of the meatball ingredients—eggs, ground pork, ground beef, salt, nutmeg, cardamom, pepper. Using your (clean) hands, mix well for about 2 minutes until the ingredients are well combined. 4 Use a tablespoon to measure out the meat for the meatballs. As you form the meatballs, set each one aside on a sheet pan or plate. You should get 40 to 50 meatballs. 5 Heat 6 tablespoons of butter for the sauce in a large sauté pan over medium heat. When the butter has melted, reduce the heat to medium and add some of the meatballs. Do not crowd the pan. Work in batches, browning them slowly on all sides. Be gentle when you turn them so they don't break apart. Do not cook the meatballs all the way through, only brown them at this stage. Once browned, use a slotted spoon to remove them from the pan, setting them aside so you can make the sauce with the remaining pan butter. 6 Start the sauce. (Check the pan butter to see if it has burned. If the butter tastes burnt, discard the butter and replace with new 6 tablespoons.) Heat the pan butter on medium until hot. Slowly whisk in the flour. Stirring often, let the flour cook until it is the color of coffee-with-cream; this is a classic roux. 7 As the roux is cooking, heat the beef stock in another pot until it simmers. When the roux has cooked until the color of coffee-with-cream, slowly add the hot beef stock a little at a time. Everything will sputter at first, and the sauce will seize up and solidify. Keep stirring and adding stock slowly, and it will loosen up and become silky. 8 Add the meatballs to the sauce and turn the heat down to low. Cover the pot and cook on low heat for 10 minutes. You might need to do this in batches. 9 To finish, move the meatballs to a serving dish. Add the sour cream and mix well. Either add the lingonberry jelly to the sauce or serve it on the side. Serves 4 vikings, or 8-10 regular people. Other Mouth watering Recipe :- (<> _<>))*khana -khazana-Shahzadi's Muffin Pizzas(<> _<>) (<> _<>)khana -khazana-White Gazpacho Recipe -(<> _<>) (<> _<>)khana -khazana-Cream of Mushroom Soup Recipe -(<> _<>) (<>_<>)khana -khazanaArmenian Khorovatz - Ground Meat Kebab (<>_<>) (<>_<>)khana -khazana -Gajar Ka Halwa ( Gajrella)(<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana -Greek Grilled Chicken Breast (<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana - Cheesy Chicken-Tortilla Lasagna (<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana -Chicken with Creamy Mushrooms (<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana - Mustard Chicken(<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana - Kheer Recipe(<>_<>) KHANA-KHAZANA Eggs & potato Curry <>_<>) Khana Khazana(<>_<>)Indian Cuisine: Lentil Soup (Khatti Daal) <>_<>) khana -khazana -Meatball StewRecipes (<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazana -Khova-Cashwe Roll (<>_<>) (<>_<>) khana -khazan a -Fish balls in a spicy curry(<>_<>) | ||
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