Swedish Meatballs

Name: Swedish Meatballs
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1lb)beef mince - ideally 20% fat; ½ lb pork mince; ▢1 onion - finely chopped; ▢1 clove of garlic - minced; ▢4 tbsp panko breadcrumbs; ▢1 medium egg; ▢5 tbsp (75ml) full-fat milk; ▢½ tsp salt; ▢¼ tsp black pepper; ▢¼ tsp white pepper; ▢¼ tsp allspice; ▢2 tbsp vegetable or olive oil; for sauce: 5 tbsp. butter; 3 tbsp. flour; 2 cups beef broth; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp. Dijon mustard; salt and pepper to taste

8 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:08:04 GMT

Ingredients

5 servings

1 lbbeef mince

1 clovegarlic

4 Tbsppanko breadcrumbs

1egg

medium

75mlfull-fat milk

½ tspsalt

¼ tspblack pepper

¼ tspwhite pepper

¼ tspallspice

2 Tbspvegetable oil

5 Tbspbutter

3 Tbspflour

1 tablespoonworcestershire sauce

1 tspdijon mustard

Instructions

Step 1

First make the meatballs. Place the beef mince, pork mince, diced onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg, milk, salt, black pepper, white pepper and allspice in a bowl.

Step 2

Mix it altogether with your hands, then form into 18-22 meatballs.

Step 3

Heat 1tbsp of the oil in a large frying pan (skillet) over a medium-high heat until hot.

Step 4

Add half of the meatballs to the pan, and fry, turning occasionally, until browned all over. Transfer the meatballs to a tray.

Step 5

Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the second batch of meatballs in the same way, then transfer to the tray with the other meatballs.

Step 6

Place the tray in the oven on low 300F to finish cooking through while you make the sauce (they only need 5 or 6 minutes).

Step 7

Add 4 Tablespoons butter and flour to skillet and whisk until it turns brown. Slowly stir in beef broth and heavy cream. Add worchestershire sauce and dijon mustard and bring to a simmer until sauce starts to thicken. Salt and pepper to taste.

Step 8

Add the meatballs back to the skillet and simmer for another 1-2 minutes. Serve over egg noodles or rice.