My 3 boys love the swedish meatballs from Ikea. They would each finish up 15 meatballs. So, I decided to learn to make them. Ikea's website has the recipe. However, after trying it out, the taste just isn't the same. Below is the recipe for Ikea's Swedish Meatballs:-
Meatballs
Ingredients:
- 250g minced beef
- 250g minced pork
- 1 egg
- 200-300ml cream and water (or milk and water)
- 2.5 tbsp. finely-chopped onion
- 50ml unsweetened rusk flour (toasted or golden breadcrumbs)
- 2 cold boiled potatoes
- 4-5 tbsps butter, margarine or oil
- Salt and pepper
- Heat the onion till golden in a couple of tablespoons of lightly browned butter (to brown the butter, cook in an 8 to 10 inch frying pan over medium heat until lightly browned, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour into a bowl and let cool to room temperature).
- Mash the potatoes and moisten the rusk flour in a little water.
- Mix all the ingredients until there is consistency and flavour generously with salt, white pepper and (optional) a little finely crushed allspice.
- Use a pair of spoons to shape the mixture into relatively large, round balls and transfer to a floured chopping board.
- Fry them slowly in plenty of butter.
Ingredients
- 100ml cream
- 200ml beef stock
- Chinese soya sauce
- 1 tbsp white flour
- Salt, white pepper
- Swirl the boiling water or beef stock in a pan.
- Add cream and thicken with white flour if preferred.
- Season well with salt and pepper.
- Serve the meatballs with the sauce, freshly boiled potatoes, uncooked lingonberry jam and salad.
Due to the cream, the sauce turned white instead of the light brown colour as sold in Ikea's restaurant.
I searched for another recipe and found this one in Link magazine:-
Ingredients
Serves 6
* 80g white bread without crust, torn into pieces
* 100ml milk
* 1 tbsp ghee
* 120g finely chopped onion
* 1¼ tsp salt
* 400g minced beef
* 300g minced pork
* 3 large egg yolks
* ½ tsp black pepper
* ¼ tsp ground allspice
* 2 tbsp ghee
* 40g plain flour
* 750g beef broth
* 125ml thickened cream
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180ᴼC.
2. Place bread slices and milk in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
3. In a frying pan heat 1 tbsp ghee and saute the onion and a pinch of salt until the onions are soft. Remove from the heat and set aside.
4. In the bowl containing the bread and milk, add minced beef and pork, egg yolks, remaining salt, black pepper, allspice and onions. Beat on medium speed for 1 to 2 minutes or knead well for 10 minutes.
5. Weigh meatballs into 30g portions and shape into balls. Place on a greased baking sheet.
6. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes.
7. Heat the remaining ghee in the pan over low heat and add the flour.
8. Whisk until lightly browned, approximately 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually add the beef stock and whisk until sauce begins to thicken.
9. Add the cream and continue to cook until the gravy reaches the desired consistency. Remove the meatballs from the oven, cover with the gravy and serve.
Note: Because of the cream, the sauce will be white too and not light brown as like those sold in Ikea's restaurant.
Lately, I've tried another recipe by Rachael Ray and the meatballs taste as good but again the sauce is different from Ikea's. Here's the recipe for the meatball:-
Ingredients
(4 to 6 servings)
* 1 & ⅓ pounds ground chuck, or ground beef, pork, and veal mix
* ¾ cup bread crumbs
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 small onion, finely chopped
* A few drops Worcestershire sauce
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Method
1. Preheat oven to 200ᴼC.
2. Mix ingredients in a large bowl.
3. Form bite-size balls and place on nonstick cookie sheet. Bake 12 minutes.
As for the sauce, I'm still searching for the taste like Ikea's but has yet to succeed. Meanwhile, I would just melt some butter in a frying pan, whisk in some flour and pour in beef stock and some light soya sauce (to taste) and a little ground nutmeg.
