Swedish Meatballs (Köttbullar) are a global favorite – thanks, IKEA. This is my meatball recipe, but it’s special. In Sweden, a theory claims these meatballs are related to Turkish Köfte. I am not sure if that’s true, but what if it was?
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🍲 Swedish Meatbowl Recipe
300g frozen cherries
300ml tonic water
100g sugar
pinch of salt
1tsp corn starch, mixedwith 1tsp of water
1 cucumber
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
small bunch of dill
1 Tbsp (clarified) butter
1/2 onion, finely diced
250g minced meat (pork & beef)
1/2t salt
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 Tbsp (clarified) butter
1/2 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp mustard
150g milk
100g cream
salt, pepper to taste
39 Comments
What's next? Pizza with pineapple?
Did you use sweet or sour cherries?
*immediately unsubscribes in Swedish * Joking! I will not say it's mashed potatoes with meatballs but it's interesting. After all, we Swedes are known to butcher all sorts of cuisine, you don't want to know what we have done with tacos, and let's not speak of kebab…
Kätteri!
You and your friends should open up your own little bistro…You could just make whatever you feel like and only open until all your products sell out for the day…
I like the way you dump the meat into the pan, then pull the paper off. It’s exactly how I do it, so satisfying 😅
As an Italian, I am giggling when I see the outrage in the comments coming from Swedes. It's usually us who have the reputation of being severely triggered by foreign renditions of our cuisine, but I see that we kinda are all the same when it comes to our comfort food being "abused" 🤩
If you don't have a mandolin handy, use a nordic cheese level instead, works fine.
An I a bad person because the first thing that came to my mind when you said "whatever floats your boat" was: well… the most well known Swedish boat is actually not exatly famous for floating much.
Das ganze erinnert ja schon eher an ein modernes "Stampf und Haschee" als an Schwedische Fleischbaellchen
Food purists/elitists are so boring and petty. If it's not 100% identical to their grandmother's recipe, it belongs in the trash and they take it as a personal insult (even if it's a dish where "every family has their own variation"). Where would we be if nobody was allowed to take inspiration from or adapt food from other cultures? There would be no German doner kebab and that would be awful! Italians couldn't complain about carbonara because it wouldn't exist – no pasta adapted from Chinese noodles.
The dish looks delicious. At no point did he say cherries were a 1:1 swap for lingonberries, but his condiment serves a similar function (sweet, sour, bitter, fruity, rich berry flavour) and it's more accessible in countries where lingonberries are not available.
Preisselbeeren kaufen wäre zu einfach gewesen, richtig? 😉
But I just love lumpy mashed potatoes so powder will just not do!
Just in, new better recipes for:
– Kvass, just mix guava with saffron and let it ferment with kimchi sauce
– Salad Olivier, raw parsnips and raw chicken with gochujang
If you want to add an additional Russian flavour to REALLY align with russian cuisine add a teaspoon beluga lentils for a bit of luxury.
As many Swedes have already answered, I could see myself eating this. Of course it won't be the same but I would probably enjoy them just as much. And you should try the raw stirred lingonberries (directly translated) you preferably take some frozen lingonberries and sugar to taste and stir without boiling them, stir and maybe smash a little as they thaw in a bowl.
As a Swede… I hate it! Unsubscribed.
No, but seriously, I like the hummus plate construction idea. It's just those cherries, man… they really hurt 🙁 it's like substituting szechuan peppercorns with pink peppercorns or something. I find the cinnamon a bit strange too, and I have some comments about those cucumbers but let's not get into that, they probably taste good.
Having lived in Sweden for nearly four years I am not surprised that the Swedes who have commented have been really chilled and zen about this 'interpretation' . Highly entertaining!
Packet potato is a big thing here so ok? but it seems usually eaten with hotdog in a flatbread?1?.
The minced meat stuff looks tasty and gravy okaaay…..but the cherries….they are heresy (as evidenced by vats of lingonberry jam available everywhere in Sweden ).
Also 😉 it's crime against good german cherries which would want to be in kirsch or kirschenmichel or a streusel
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Is it soup season yet???
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Kinda Swede here! I love this since making meatballs is such a chore compared to just frying up an onion and mince, and will be trying it out. Unlike most people I think the cherry jam isn't too bad of an idea. The traditional lingonberry jam gives a sweet and tart component to the rich potatoes, meatballs, gravy, and I think you are getting the same effect with cherry jam. I personally have never seen mustard added to the gravy. I don't like mustard so I'd skip it, but if you like it go for it.
Also whenever I eat meatballs here, the addition of the wintery spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) is actually quite rare, but every non-swedish recipe I see includes it. I don't really know why, I thought maybe Ikea's meatballs include it but not sure. I'm not a fan of this either and prefer a pure meat meatball, but yet again do what you think is tastiest 🙂
Instant mashed potatoes? Really? If your freshly prepared mashed potatoes aren't far more delicious than instant mash, and 1000% worth the effort, it's because you're doing something fundamentally wrong in the kitchen, or your palette is broken. For real, being OK with instant mash is a sign of somebody that has stopped caring about food.
I'm not angry, just disappointed 😂
How to offend the entire Middle-East, Sweden, and cranberry-lovers at the same time. Looks tasty though 😀
Vad i helvete…
This looks amazing! I will definitely try it in the next couple of weeks! Cheers from Sweden
as a swede I mostly approve… but you can’t replace the lingon
you are german-russian – potatos are too saint to make powderd mash 🙂
Traditional or not, it definitely looks delicious!
Hey Why don't you make a video about Kombucha?
Been craving meatballs for days now, gonna make this tonight! Looks so satisfying and easy!
Thanks. I've been toying with the idea of lingonberry jam made from cranberries for my American friends, but haven't come up with an idea for something that gives the right bitterness. Never thought in the direction of tonic water.
As a Swede over all i don't get annoyed at things like this, make good food is itself just nice.
But the "lingonberry" jam… I can't see it be very close but i don't really care!
I cant stand the jam or the macerated lingonberries(tho i prefer the macerated lingonberriesof those 2) but i freeking LOVE the raw ones.
Raw lingonberries and lingonberry juice is where it's at for real, there is this one brand of lingonberry juice you can ONLY get from a fountain drink at restaurants or whatever…
Its by far the best lingonberry juice and i have looked it up and they only sell it for fountain drinks…
Last thing, y'all need to make "Kӧttsoppa" (Swedish meat soup)!!!
It's just beef and different root vegetables and it's so great especially this time of year.
but… the middle eastern version of this dish is all tied together with pita. I'm confused by this version not having a bread element to grab everything with.
Intetesting take on köttbullar.😁
The Lingonberry Jam can be found even at my small town in Germany…. I think he had to do something Fresh besides the meat ? XD
Instead of using corn starch use potato strach for a more authentic flavour. I was taught me to use it in bakery and jams but not in cooking if it makes sense?
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Ok I watched more of the video. What the heck are you doing spiking my brown sauce with a ton of mustard?!
Cherry sauce is a war crime. Otherwise looks delicious
bro. every aldi, lidl, edeka and rewe have lingonberry jam because game is eaten with it a lot. trust me i am a lingonberryjamloving german.
Another great use I've found for dried potatoes: thickening soups and stews. If you are making a creamy potato soup but don't want to overcook your potato chunks, add the potato flakes a bit at a time until you reach your desired consistency.