Köttbullar (Swedish meatballs)

Name: Köttbullar (Swedish meatballs)
Yield: 35-40 meatball
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: For the meatballs:; 5 tablespoon breadcrumbs; 5 tablespoon milk; 300 gram pork mince; 300 gram beef mince; Half a red onion (grated); 1 egg, lightly beaten; 4 allspice, crushed; Butter for frying; Sat and pepper; For the cream sauce:; 300 ml hot water; 1 beef stock cube; 3 tablespoon plain flour; 100 ml milk; 1.5 tablespoon soy sauce; 4 tablespoon cream (double or single)

On_the_rocks @cook_2934788

London, United Kingdom

An iconic Swedish recipe as made famous by the muppets, excellent by themselves but often served with mashed potatoes, pressed cucumbers, gräddsås (cream sauce, kind of like gravy) and rårörda lingon (lingonberry sauce)

On_the_rocks @cook_2934788

London, United Kingdom

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Ingredients

about an hour

35-40 meatball

For the meatballs:
5 tablespoonbreadcrumbs
5 tablespoonmilk
300 grampork mince
300 grambeef mince
Halfa red onion (grated)
1egg, lightly beaten
4allspice, crushed
Butter for frying
Sat and pepper
For the cream sauce:
300 mlhot water
1beef stock cube
3 tablespoonplain flour
100 mlmilk
1.5 tablespoonsoy sauce
4 tablespooncream (double or single)

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Steps

about an hour

1

Assemble all ingredients
2

Put the breadcrumbs and 5 tbsp milk in a bowl and leave to soak
3

Put all the mince in a mixing bowl with the red onion, allspice and egg with some salt and pepper (I tend to go light on salt and heavy on pepper). And mix for a couple of minutes.
4

Add the soaked breadcrumbs and mix a bit more until evenly mixed through
5

Take about a tablespoon of mixture and roll into a ball. Do this until all the mixture is gone, you should end up with around 35-40 meatballs
6

Heat a tbsp of butter in a big frying pan on medium high heat, fry half of the meatballs until nicely browned
7

Turn heat down and cook for 7-8 minutes, be sure to shake the pan every now and then. Remove and keep warm.
8

Repeat 6 & 7 with remaining meatballs
9

Optional steps for the cream sauce: take the pan off the heat and add the hot water and scrape up any meat stuck to the pan and simmer for 2 minutes
10

Sieve into a saucepan and add the stock cube. Stir until dissolved
11

Mix the flour and milk until dissolved and whisk into the saucepan then simmer for 5 minutes
12

Add the soy sauce and cream, heat for 2 minutes whilst stirring
13

Serve meatballs with lingonberry sauce (or cranberry if you can't find it), mashed potatoes, pressed cucumbers, and a light coating of cream sauce. Put the rest of the sauce in a jug for people to help themselves