Koetbollar Swedish Meatballs

                             Koetbollar
                        Swedish Meatballs

This is a dish I know from Ikea Restaurant. I know Ikea is selling the Instant Package for the Sauce but we hated it. So I googled around. I found this recipe on a german page and tried it first time around christmas when my stepson was here from Germany. All loved it so it's a keeper. I am translating this now for you.

This is what you need:

- 1 lbs mixed ground meat (half beef, half pork)

- 1 small onion, diced

- 3 TBS Bread crumbs 

- 5 TBS Milk

- 1 Egg

- 1 Teaspoon Salt

- 250 ml (1 cup) Vegetable Broth

- 200 ml heavy whipping cream (or Crema Media in can)

- 1 TSP Corn Starch mixed with water

- 1 small Onion or a TBSP of granulated Onion

- Chives 

- Salt 


This is how you do it:

Dice the onion and pan fry it on medium heat with 1 TBSP of Butter until translucent. In the meantime, mix in a bowl the meat, Bread crumbs, Egg, Milk and salt. Now add the Onions. Form with wet hands the meatballs.

In a saucepan, add either Butter or Oil and fry on medium heat the meatballs from all sides for around 8 - 10 min.. Remove from the pan and keep them warm (in a 350 degree oven for example)

Now either fry the onion in the pan from the Meatballs or if you use Onion Powder, skip this step. When the Onion is translucent, add the Vegetable Broth and the cream. Now you add the Onion powder if you use this option. Let it simmer for a min or 2. Make a slurry with the corn starch and water and add to the sauce, constantly stir. Now salt it to your taste. If the sauce got to thick, just add more Vegetable broth (or chicken broth since I didn't have more Vegetable). Add chives to taste and feeling. 

Put the Meatballs back into the sauce and let simmer for a min..

Perfect to this dish is mashed Potatoes and Lingonberry Marmelade. 

Guten Appetit