Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)

Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)

from allrecipes.com
Dinner
95 min
6 servings
309 kcal / serving

Juicy Swedish meatballs made with seasoned ground beef and pork, baked and served with a savory brown gravy sauce for a family-friendly comfort meal.

Ingredients

  • 4slices day-old white bread, crumbled
  • 1 cupheavy cream
  • 2 teaspoonbutter
  • 2 smallonion, minced
  • 2 ⅛6668653488 pound ground beef
  • 2 ⅛3334326744 pound finely ground pork
  • 1 ½egg
  • 1 ½ tablespoonbrown sugar
  • 1 ½ teaspoonsalt
  • 1 teaspoonground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoonground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoonground allspice
  • ⅞ teaspoonground ginger
  • 1 ½ tablespoonbutter
  • 1 cupchicken broth
  • 3 tablespoonsall-purpose flour, or as needed
  • 3 cupsbeef broth, or as needed
  • 1container sour cream

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. 2

    Place bread crumbs into a small bowl; mix in cream. Allow to stand until crumbs absorb cream, about 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, melt 1 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until light brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer onion to a mixing bowl.

  4. 4

    Mix ground beef, ground pork, egg, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger with onion in the mixing bowl. Lightly mix in bread crumbs and cream.

  5. 5

    Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Pinch off about 1 ½ tablespoons meat mixture per meatball; form into balls. Place meatballs into the skillet and cook, turning often, until browned, about 5 minutes. Insides of meatballs will still be pink.

  6. 6

    Place browned meatballs into a baking dish, pour in chicken broth, and cover with foil.

  7. 7

    Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove meatballs to a serving dish.

  8. 8

    Pour pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk flour into drippings until smooth.

  9. 9

    Gradually whisk in enough beef broth to total about 2 ½ cups liquid.

  10. 10

    Bring gravy to a simmer, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes.

  11. 11

    Just before serving, whisk in sour cream. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve gravy with meatballs.