# Swedish Meatballs

A classic Swedish dish featuring tender meatballs served with creamy gravy, mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam, and pickled cucumbers, perfect for a comforting winter meal.

- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- bread crumbs
- milk
- 1 onion
- butter
- pork mince
- beef mince
- 1 egg
- garlic paste
- salt
- pepper
- potatoes
- 1 cucumber
- dill
- white vinegar
- sugar
- lingonberry
- red wine
- olive oil
- flour
- beef stock
- double cream
- soy sauce
- nutmeg

## Instructions

1. Pour bread crumbs and milk into a bowl and mix until combined.
2. Peel and finely chop the onion.
3. Melt butter in a pan over medium heat.
4. Add the chopped onion to the pan and cook until caramelized.
5. Transfer pork and beef mince to a large bowl.
6. Add the egg, caramelized onions, garlic paste, salt, and pepper to the mince mixture.
7. Mix all ingredients thoroughly with your hands.
8. Form the mixture into small meatballs and place them on a baking tray.
9. Chill the meatballs in the fridge.
10. Peel and cut the potatoes into chunks.
11. Rinse the potatoes under cold water.
12. Place potatoes in a pot, cover with water, and add salt.
13. Bring to a boil and cook until tender.
14. Slice cucumber thinly using a mandoline.
15. Place sliced cucumbers into a jar.
16. Chop fresh dill.
17. Mix white vinegar, sugar, and chopped dill in a container.
18. Pour the mixture over the cucumbers in the jar.
19. Seal the jar with a lid and shake gently to combine, then refrigerate.
20. Add lingonberries, sugar, and red wine to a saucepan.
21. Cook the lingonberry mixture until it thickens into a jam-like consistency.
22. Heat olive oil in a pan.
23. Brown the meatballs in the pan, then remove them.
24. Add butter and flour to the pan to make a roux, stirring until browned.
25. Pour in beef stock and stir to combine.
26. Add a spoonful of lingonberry jam to the gravy.
27. Stir in double cream and soy sauce.
28. Season the gravy with salt and pepper.
29. Strain the gravy to achieve a smooth consistency and return it to the pan.
30. Add the cooked meatballs back into the gravy and coat them thoroughly.
31. Drain the cooked potatoes.
32. Add butter to the empty pot, then press the potatoes through a potato ricer into the pot.
33. Season the mashed potatoes with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
34. Stir the mashed potatoes until creamy.
35. Serve the mashed potatoes, creating a well in the center.
36. Place the sauced meatballs into the well of mashed potatoes.
37. Add a dollop of lingonberry jam and a side of pickled cucumbers.
38. Drizzle extra gravy over the meatballs and garnish with fresh dill.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan
- knife
- cutting board
- spatula
- baking tray
- pot
- strainer
- mandoline
- jar
- spoon

## Source

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- Extracted: 2025-11-27

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