Swedish Meatballs
Comfort food, Swedish style from forager Alysia Casey! Perfectly cooked juicy Swedish meatballs simmered in a rich, creamy sauce, served with buttery mash and sweet-tangy lingonberry sauce!
Ingredients
- 500g beef mince
- 500g pork mince
- 2 slices white bread, blitzed into crumbs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 onion, minced
- Nutmeg
- Allspice
- Black pepper
- Salt
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp butter
- 100ml double cream
- 200ml beef stock
- Salt and pepper
To serve
- Mash
- Lingonberry sauce (see below)
Lingonberry Sauce
- 1kg lingonberries
- 500g caster sugar
- Splash of Cointreau
- 1 orange, juice
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
- Put the meat in a bowl, add the bread crumbs, egg, onion and spices and mix thoroughly.
- Shape the mixture into around 12 meatballs.
- Fry until golden then pop in the oven for 5 minutes.
- To make the sauce, melt the butter in a pan and then whisk in the flour followed by the cream and the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer and season.
- Warm the mash then serve with the meatballs, sauce and lingonberry sauce.
Lingonberry Sauce
- Pop everything into a pan, bring to a boil and then cook for 15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 500g beef mince
- 500g pork mince
- 2 slices white bread, blitzed into crumbs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 onion, minced
- Nutmeg
- Allspice
- Black pepper
- Salt
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp butter
- 100ml double cream
- 200ml beef stock
- Salt and pepper
To serve
- Mash
- Lingonberry sauce (see below)
Lingonberry Sauce
- 1kg lingonberries
- 500g caster sugar
- Splash of Cointreau
- 1 orange, juice
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
- Put the meat in a bowl, add the bread crumbs, egg, onion and spices and mix thoroughly.
- Shape the mixture into around 12 meatballs.
- Fry until golden then pop in the oven for 5 minutes.
- To make the sauce, melt the butter in a pan and then whisk in the flour followed by the cream and the stock and bring to the boil. Simmer and season.
- Warm the mash then serve with the meatballs, sauce and lingonberry sauce.
Lingonberry Sauce
- Pop everything into a pan, bring to a boil and then cook for 15 minutes.
