Swedish Meatballs
Created by Tisme on August 8, 2015
- Servings: 40
- Prep Time: 50m
- Cook Time: 30m
- Recipe #20507
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon thyme leaves, chopped
- 350 grams ground pork
- 350 grams ground beef (minced beef)
- 1 large egg (lightly beaten)
- 3 tablespoons breadcrumbs (fresh)
- Chopped dill, to serve
- SOUR CREAM SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- 100 grams sour cream
- 1 small yellow onion, halved
- 4 black peppercorns
- 60 ml beef stock
How to Make
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TO MAKE THE SAUCE
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Step 1: Heat the sour cream, onion and peppercorns in a pan over medium heat for 4 minutes or until simmering. Add stock, return to a simmer and cook for a further 4 minutes or until slightly reduced. Strain through a fine sieve, discarding solids. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside and keep warm.
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FOR THE MEATBALLS
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Step 2: Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and thyme, and cook for 4 minutes or until light golden. Allow to cool, then combine with minced meat, egg and breadcrumbs in a bowl. Season. Using damp hands, roll 3 teaspoons of mixture into balls. Place balls on an oven tray lined with baking paper.
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Step 3: Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Cook meatballs, in 4 batches, shaking pan to evenly brown meatballs, for 6 minutes or until golden brown and cooked through. Scatter with dill and serve with the warm sour cream sauce.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (30.8 g)
- Calories 66.1
- Total Fat - 4.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.5 g
- Cholesterol - 22.4 mg
- Sodium - 28.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 1.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.3 g
- Sugars - 0.4 g
- Protein - 5.1 g
- Calcium - 12.4 mg
- Iron - 0.5 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg