Swedish Meatballs with Cream Sauce

Name: Swedish Meatballs with Cream Sauce
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Swedish
Ingredients: 500g pork and veal mince; 1 egg; 80g breadcrumbs soaked in 60ml milk; 1 small onion, grated; 1/4 tsp allspice; 1/4 tsp nutmeg; salt and pepper to taste; 30g butter for sauce; 1 tbsp plain flour; 300ml beef stock; 150ml sour cream; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; lingonberry jam to serve

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

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

Roll into small 3cm balls.

Fry in butter until browned all over. Remove.

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

Return meatballs to sauce. Heat through.

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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