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Swedish meatballs

Beef and pork meatballs made tender with milk-soaked breadcrumbs. Serve them with pasta, rice or mashed potatoes.

Per serving
$2.13
Whole recipe
$8.52
Total time
30 min
Serves
4

Estimated at average US grocery prices for the amounts used. Your store will vary.

Swedish meatballs
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Ingredients

  • 250 g (8.8 oz)Milk
  • 50 g (1.8 oz)Breadcrumbs
  • 250 g (8.8 oz)Lean ground beef
  • 250 g (8.8 oz)Ground pork
  • 1 eggEggs
  • 150 g (5.3 oz)Onions
  • 20 gButter

Plus water, salt and pepper from your pantry.

Instructions

  1. Combine the liquid and bread crumbs in a bowl and let sit for 7-8 minutes.
  2. Mix in the ground beef, ground pork, egg and onion.
  3. Shape the mixture into round meatballs, about 2-3 cm (1 inch) in diameter.
  4. Pan fry the meatballs over medium heat in a frying pan with butter for about 3-5 minutes, turning them on all sides until they are browned and no longer pink in the middle. Shaking the pan from time to time helps them cook evenly.
  5. Serve with mashed potatoes and a veal-based brown sauce made with cream and lingonberry or cranberry preserve.