Swedish Meatball Recipe - Yummy!

The Swedish meatball recipe has made Nordic cuisine famous. There are several recipes for Swedish meatballs, popular in all Scandinavian countries.

Immigrants introduced these little meatballs in the USA. Thanks to furniture giant Ikea the Swedish meatball recipe became well-known all over the world.

Important:

There is no such thing as THE Swedish meatball sauce recipe. There are just so many of them. Use your imagination or... prepare the popular and tasty milk sauce I chose for this page.

Enough chatter. Let's cook!

Swedish Meatball Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds ground lean meat (beef, pork, veal)
• 2 eggs
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 1 cup of milk or cream
• ½ cup of fine bread crumbs
• salt and pepper to taste

Mix all the ingredients. Use an electronic mixer or just your hands, but make sure you mix well. Then form little balls, each about 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm).

Fry them for about 10 minutes with a little butter or oil in a moderately hot pan. The balls should be able to roll in the pan. Shake the pan gently during cooking to keep them turning.

Take them out, put them in a large pot to keep them warm and prepare the Swedish meatball sauce in the same pan. Leave the fat in it!

Swedish Meatball Sauce

• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 2 cups of milk
• salt and pepper to taste

Stir flour, salt and pepper into the hot fat. Stir until smooth and bubbly, then gradually add the milk. Cook and stir until thickened. Ready? Pour it over the meat.

Serve with lingonberry jam and boiled potatoes.

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