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Köttbullar

Name: Köttbullar
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Sweden
Ingredients: 500g Mixed ground meat; 1 Onion; 40g Breadcrumbs; 80ml Milk; 1 Egg; A pinch Nutmeg; 30g Butter; 200ml Heavy Cream; 1 Beef Bouillon; 1 tsp Soy Sauce; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 4 Potato; To taste Lingonberry Jam

Main Dish

⏱ 45 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Little meatballs simmered in cream sauce, served with lingonberry jam and mashed potato — a taste of Swedish home.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Köttbullar are Sweden's national home dish: small, tender meatballs of mixed ground meat with breadcrumbs and milk. They're classically served with cream sauce, mashed potato, sweet-tart lingonberry jam, and quick-pickled cucumber. They're also essential at the Christmas buffet, the julbord.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At weekday dinnertime in grandmother's kitchen, little meatballs are rolled one after another and browned as they roll around the pan.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mixed ground meat 500g
Onion 1
Breadcrumbs 40g
Milk 80ml
Egg 1
Nutmeg A pinch
Butter 30g
Heavy Cream 200ml
Beef Bouillon 1
Soy Sauce 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Potato 4
Lingonberry Jam To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the breadcrumbs in milk. Finely chop the onion, sauté in a little butter, and let cool.
Add the soaked crumbs, onion, egg, nutmeg, salt, and pepper to the ground meat and knead well.
Roll into small balls about 3cm across.
Heat butter in a frying pan, roll the meatballs to brown all over, and remove.
Add 150ml water, beef bouillon, cream, and soy sauce to the same pan, bring to a boil, return the meatballs, and simmer 5 minutes.
Serve with boiled, mashed potatoes and lingonberry jam.

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