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Swedish Meatballs with Cream Sauce

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Swedish Meatballs with Cream Sauce

Classic Swedish köttbullar simmered in a velvety cream gravy, traditionally served with a spoonful of lingonberry jam.

Total time
50 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
25 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
Swedish

Ingredients

500gpork and veal mince
1egg
80gbreadcrumbs soaked in 60ml milk
1small onion, grated
1/4 tspallspice
1/4 tspnutmeg
salt and pepperto taste
30gbutter for sauce
1 tbspplain flour
300mlbeef stock
150mlsour cream
1 tspDijon mustard
lingonberry jamto serve

Instructions

1

Combine mince, egg, soaked breadcrumbs, onion, allspice, nutmeg and seasoning.

2

Roll into small 3cm balls.

3

Fry in butter until browned all over. Remove.

4

Make sauce in same pan: butter, flour, stock, sour cream and mustard. Simmer 3 minutes.

5

Return meatballs to sauce. Heat through.

6

Serve with mashed potato and lingonberry jam.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
118
Protein
3.8g
Fat
8.9g
Carbs
6.5g
Fiber
0.6g
Sodium
329mg

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