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Easy Homemade Swedish Meatballs (IKEA Copycat)
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Easy Swedish Meatballs (IKEA Copycat)

IKEA style Swedish Meatballs are so easy to make at home! My Easy Homemade Swedish Meatballs recipe can be ready in just 30 minutes… Serve with creamy gravy, mash and lingonberry jam for the full IKEA experience at home!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Swedish
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 340kcal
Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

Easy Swedish Meatballs

  • 250 g beef mince (see note 1)
  • 250 g pork mince (see note 1)
  • 1 small onion grated
  • 1 garlic clove grated or crushed
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg (ground)
  • ¼ teaspoon allspice (ground)
  • 1 tablespoon dill chopped finely (plus extra for garnish)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Creamy Gravy for Swedish Meatballs

  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 550 ml beef stock (From a cube is fine – I used 2 Kallo organic beef stock cubes)
  • 50 ml double (heavy) cream

To serve

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Start by placing all the ingredients for the meatballs into a large bowl and mixing together with your hands until well combined.
  • Divide the mixture into quarters and then make 5 meatballs from each quarter (so 20 meatballs in total). Each meatball will weigh approximately 25g (I like to weigh my first meatball as a guide and then try to make the others about the same size).
  • Put the meatballs on an oiled grill rack over a tray covered in foil and place under a medium hot grill (broiler) for 7 minutes on each side, or until golden brown and cooked all the way through.
  • While the meatballs are cooking, get your creamy gravy started... In a large jug, mix the cornflour with a small amount of cold water to make a paste, then add the beef stock. Pour into a large wide saucepan or frying pan and cook over a medium heat until nicely thickened. Add the double cream and mix together thoroughly.
  • Finally add the meatballs to the creamy gravy. Cook the meatballs in the cream sauce for 1 more minute and then serve with the mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam (or cranberry sauce) and picked cucumber. Garnish with dill.

Notes

  1. You can make these meatballs with just beef mince, but I prefer the flavour you get from mixing beef and pork mince.
  2. Suitable for freezing.
  3. Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcal | Carbohydrates: 8.62g | Protein: 27.27g | Fat: 21.21g | Saturated Fat: 9.3g | Cholesterol: 100.88mg | Sodium: 354.95mg | Potassium: 699.52mg | Fiber: 0.47g | Sugar: 1.97g | Vitamin A: 183.75IU | Vitamin C: 2.71mg | Calcium: 39.83mg | Iron: 2.47mg