Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)

Name: Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 2 slices day-old white bread, crumbled; 1 Tbsp butter; 59 milliliters chicken broth; 1 egg; 0 teaspoons ground allspice; 302 grams ground beef; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 151 grams finely ground pork; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 1 small onion, minced; 1 teaspoon salt; 227 grams 1/2 sour cream

Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar) might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 16g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 397 calories. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up heavy cream, butter, ground pork, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 25 minutes. Plenty of people really liked this Scandinavian dish.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

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Place the bread crumbs into a small bowl, and mix in the cream. Allow to stand until crumbs absorb the cream, about 10 minutes. While the bread is soaking, melt 1 teaspoon of butter in a skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion until it turns light brown, about 10 minutes.

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Breadcrumbs

Butter

Bread

Cream

Onion

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Bowl

Place onion into a mixing bowl; mix with the ground beef, ground pork, egg, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. Lightly mix in the bread crumbs and cream.

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Black Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Brown Sugar

Ground Beef

Ground Pork

Allspice

Ginger

Nutmeg

Cream

Onion

Salt

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Pinch off about 1 1/2 tablespoon of the meat mixture per meatball, and form into balls.

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Meatballs

Butter

Meat

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Frying Pan

Place the meatballs into the skillet, and cook just until the outsides are brown, about 5 minutes, turning the meatballs often. Insides of the meatballs will still be pink.

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Meatballs

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Frying Pan

Place browned meatballs into a baking dish, pour in chicken broth, and cover with foil.

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Chicken Broth

Meatballs

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Baking Pan

Aluminum Foil

Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are tender, about 40 minutes.

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Meatballs

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Oven

Remove meatballs to a serving dish.

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Meatballs

To make brown gravy, pour pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat.

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Brown Gravy

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Whisk the flour into the pan drippings until smooth, and gradually whisk in enough beef broth to total about 2 1/2 cups of liquid. Bring the gravy to a simmer, whisking constantly until thick, about 5 minutes. Just before serving, whisk in the sour cream. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper