Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce

Name: Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Nordic, Scandinavian, European
Ingredients: 108 milliliters fresh bread crumbs, dried out; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, toasted and ground; 1 liters chicken broth; 1 large egg; 2 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 handful fresh dill, chopped; 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus more for garnish; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 454 grams ground beef; 454 grams ground pork; 85 milliliters lingonberry or red currant jam, plus more for serving; 85 milliliters lingonberry or red currant jam, plus more for serving; 8 servings Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper; 183 milliliters milk; 4 shallots, minced; 173 milliliters sour cream; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave Scandinavian food. Try making Swedish Meatballs with Lingonberry Sauce at home. One serving contains 550 calories, 25g of protein, and 39g of fat. This recipe serves 8. If you have dill, egg, kosher salt and pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works best as a main course, and is done in roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Swedish Meatballs With Lingonberry or Cranberry Sauce, Swedish bean balls with lingonberry gravy, and Mini Swedish meatballs with cranberry sauce.

Instructions

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In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs and the milk; stir with a fork and let stand for 5 minutes. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter in a small skillet and let it melt over medium heat.

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Add the shallots, garlic, and caraway; season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Shallot

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Saute until softened but not browned, about 2 minutes.

Put the ground beef and pork in a large bowl.

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Ground Beef

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Add the sweated shallot mixture, egg, parsley, and dill; season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the milk out of the soaked bread crumbs, add the bread to the meat mixture, and mix well using your hands. Pinch off about 1/2 cup worth of the meat mixture and roll it around in your moistened hands to shape it into a cue ball-sized meatball. Continue forming the meatballs and putting them on a platter; there should be about 20 meatballs.

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Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over moderate heat. When the foam starts to subside, add the meatballs in batches so you don't overcrowd the pan.

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Saute the meatballs until well-browned on all sides, about 7 minutes total.

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Remove the meatballs to a platter lined with paper towels as they are done.

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Discard most of the fat from the skillet and return it to the heat.

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Add the remaining tablespoon of butter and swirl it around to coat the pan.

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Sprinkle in the flour, and stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve into the fat.

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All Purpose Flour

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Pour in the chicken broth, and stir with a wooden spoon to loosen the bits from the bottom of the pan. Simmer and stir until the liquid is reduced and a sauce starts to form; season with salt and pepper. Lower the heat and stir in the sour cream. Return the meatballs to the sauce and stir in 1/4 cup of the lingonberry jam until combined. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly and the meatballs are heated through, about 15 to 20 minutes. Shower with chopped parsley and transfer to a serving bowl.

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Lingonberry Jam