Ikea's Swedish Meatballs Copycat
Recipe: #34726
April 20, 2020
Categories: Ground Beef, Pork Sausage, Scandinavian, Copycat or Clone Recipes, more
"Ikea gave the brits their meatball recipe .happy dance for the lockdown. happy dance.i have to put in American measurements so it will be close and we dont have double cream here so improvising .they used mashed or new boiled potatoes"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (304.4 g)
- Calories 625.3
- Total Fat - 44.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 19 g
- Cholesterol - 300.9 mg
- Sodium - 1043 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 17 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.5 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 38.3 g
- Calcium - 88.6 mg
- Iron - 4.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine beef and pork
Step 2
And mix thoroughly to break up any lumps.
Step 3
Add finely chopped onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg
Step 4
Mix.
Step 5
Add milk and season well with salt and pepper.
Step 6
2. Shape mixture into small, round balls. Place on a clean plate,
Step 7
Cover and store in the fridge for 2 hours (to help them hold their shape whilst cooking).
Step 8
In a frying pan, heat oil on medium heat. When hot
Step 9
Gently add your meatballs and brown on all sides.
Step 10
When browned
Step 11
Add to an ovenproof dish and cover. Place in a hot oven 350 degrees
Step 12
And cook for a further 30 minutes.
Step 13
Check because this is going from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
Step 14
Serve with cranberry or lingonberry sauce on side
Step 15
Swedish cream sauce
Step 16
In frying pan, melt butter.
Step 17
Whisk in flour
Step 18
And continue cooking, stirring continuously, for 2 minutes, allowing the flour to cook through.
Step 19
Add vegetable stock and beef stock and continue to stir.
Step 20
Add thick double cream, 2 teaspoons of soy sauce and 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard.( Add 2 tablespoons butter with heavy cream to make double cream)
Step 21
My measurements might be a touch off it was all 150 ml of liquids each so just cook down a little longer.i have 3/4 cup for stocks and cream
Step 22
Bring to a simmer and allow the sauce to thicken.
Step 23
Continue to stir.
Step 24
Pour over potatoes
Tips
No special items needed.