Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar) recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 slices day-old white bread, crumbled ½ cup heavy cream 1 teaspoon butter 1 small onion, minced ⅔ pound ground beef ⅓ pound finely ground pork 1 egg 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg ¼ teaspoon ground allspice ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger 1 tablespoon butter ¼ cup chicken broth 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or as needed 2 cups beef broth, or as needed ½ (8 ounce) container sour cream
Nutrition Info
- 308.7 caloriescarbohydrate: 11.9 gcholesterol: 107.6 mgfat: 21.3 gfiber: 0.6 gprotein: 16.9 gsaturatedFat: 10.6 gservingSize: -sodium: 794.2 mgsugar: 3.2 gtransFat: : -unsaturatedFat: : -
Directions Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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. 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.
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. 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. Place browned meatballs into a baking dish, pour in chicken broth, and cover with foil.
Bake in the preheated oven until the meatballs are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove meatballs to a serving dish.
To make brown gravy, pour pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat. 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. Serve the gravy with the meatballs.