Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, swedish meat balls. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Made from a mixture of beef and pork, flavored with nutmeg and cardamom and served with a tasty Swedish Meatball sauce. These heavenly Swedish Meatballs are the homemade version of the iconic Ikea meatballs. They're a whole lot easier than assembling flat-pack furniture, that's for sure!!!

Swedish meat balls is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Swedish meat balls is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook swedish meat balls using 21 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Swedish meat balls:

1. Make ready Meatball ingredients
2. Make ready 1/2 kilo ground beef
3. Take 1 diced onion
4. Get 1 large egg
5. Get 1/2 tsp salt
6. Prepare 1/2 tsp 7 spices powder
7. Make ready 1/4 tsp paprika
8. Get 1/4 tsp garlic powder
9. Take 1/4 tsp onion powder
10. Take 3 tbsp bread crumbs
11. Take Sauce ingredients
12. Take 2 tbsp butter
13. Take 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 cups beef /chicken broth (natural or 3 maagi cubes in 2 cups of boiled water)
14. Take 1 tsp salt
15. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
16. Make ready 1/2 tsp garlic powder
17. Take 1/2 tsp onion powder
18. Take 1 tbsp dijon mustard
19. Make ready 1/2 cup heavy cooking cream
20. Take 1 cup whole Milk
21. Get 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce (see below recipe if not available)

Swedish meatballs, or köttbullar, must be prepared, above all, with love. Some people feel that their meatballs should be served with thick brown gravy, while others prefer it. Swedish Meatballs - Nothing beats homemade meatballs smothered in a creamy gravy sauce, and they taste much better than the IKEA version! Soft and juicy meatballs in a rich and creamy gravy sauce that adds so much flavor to the meatballs.

Instructions to make Swedish meat balls:

1. U’ll mix all meatball ingredients together and make it medium to small sized balls, put in the air fryer or on a pan over medium heat with 1 tbsp butter and turn on all sides till fully cooked (5-7 mins on each side)
2. The sauce: - - Same pan, medium-low heat. Melt butter and whisk in flour until it has turned golden brown. Slowly whisk in beef broth and cook until thickened, then add in milk, cream, worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt and all powders and mustard. Continue to stir until well-combined. Add meatballs back into the skillet, turning occasionally to coat well.
3. Serve hot with white rice
4. Incase Worcestershire sauce isn’t available, you could do it as below and store the rest for later use :)
5. 1/2 cup apple vinegar - 2 tbsp soya sauce (low sodium preferably) - 2 tbsp water - 1 tbsp brown sugar - 1/4 tsp ground ginger - 1/4 tsp mustard seeds (or 1/8 dijon mustard) - 1/4 tsp onion powder - 1/4 tsp garlic powder - 1/8 tsp cinnamon powder - 1/8 tsp black pepper - Put all above ingredients in a pan and stir well till boiling with continuous stirring. Take off the heat as soon it boils and set aside to cool completely before using

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