Sweden

Köttbullar

Name: Köttbullar
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Swedish
Ingredients: 250 g minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 250 g minced pork (pork mince, ground pork); 1/3 cup breadcrumbs; 1/2 cup milk; 1 small finely grated onion; 1 egg; 1/4 tsp ground allspice; 1/4 tsp white pepper; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 1 2/3 cups beef stock (beef broth); 1/2 cup fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream); 1 tsp soy sauce; 4 medium boiled and mashed with a knob of butter potato; 4 tbsp to serve lingonberry jam

Small, brown, glossy and served with jam. Sweden figured out comfort food a long time ago.

60 minTime

31 gProtein each

mildSpice

The meatball that travelled3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe Swedish home plate: meatballs, gravy, mash and lingon.

The original

734kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Classic köttbullar.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)250 g

Minced pork (pork mince, ground pork)250 g

Breadcrumbs⅓ cup

Milk½ cup

Onion1 small, finely grated

Egg1

Allspice¼ tsp, ground

White pepper¼ tsp

Salt1 tsp

Butter2 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 tbsp

Beef stock (beef broth)1⅔ cups

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)½ cup

Soy sauce1 tsp

Potato4 medium, boiled and mashed with a knob of butter

Lingonberry jam4 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Stir the breadcrumbs into the milk and leave for 5 minutes.
2Add both meats, grated onion, egg, allspice, pepper and salt. Mix with your hands just until even, then roll walnut sized balls with wet palms.
3Fry the meatballs in butter over medium heat in batches, shaking the pan so they roll.
4In the same pan, whisk the flour into the buttery drippings, then the stock, cream and soy sauce. Simmer and return the meatballs.
5Serve with mash, gravy and a spoon of lingonberry jam.

Serve it like this

Pile meatballs and gravy beside buttery mash, add a spoon of lingonberry jam and some quick pickled cucumber. Serve piping hot.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Sweden

Köttbullar

Small, brown, glossy and served with jam. Sweden figured out comfort food a long time ago.

60 minTime

31 gProtein each

mildSpice

The meatball that travelled3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe Swedish home plate: meatballs, gravy, mash and lingon.

The original

734kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Classic köttbullar.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)250 g

Minced pork (pork mince, ground pork)250 g

Breadcrumbs⅓ cup

Milk½ cup

Onion1 small, finely grated

Egg1

Allspice¼ tsp, ground

White pepper¼ tsp

Salt1 tsp

Butter2 tbsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 tbsp

Beef stock (beef broth)1⅔ cups

Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)½ cup

Soy sauce1 tsp

Potato4 medium, boiled and mashed with a knob of butter

Lingonberry jam4 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Stir the breadcrumbs into the milk and leave for 5 minutes.
2Add both meats, grated onion, egg, allspice, pepper and salt. Mix with your hands just until even, then roll walnut sized balls with wet palms.
3Fry the meatballs in butter over medium heat in batches, shaking the pan so they roll.
4In the same pan, whisk the flour into the buttery drippings, then the stock, cream and soy sauce. Simmer and return the meatballs.
5Serve with mash, gravy and a spoon of lingonberry jam.

Serve it like this

Pile meatballs and gravy beside buttery mash, add a spoon of lingonberry jam and some quick pickled cucumber. Serve piping hot.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Köttbullar

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Köttbullar

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