Swedish Meatballs (Ikea Meatballs)
Here's my rendition of the ever popular Ikea meatballs. Tender Swedish meatballs cooked in a creamy sauce, served over al-dente pasta. Weekend dinner made simple and delicious!
- Prep time
- --
- Cook time
- Not listed
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 300 g minced beef
- 250 g minced pork
- 4 slices bacon (chopped)
- 1 medium yellow onion (chopped)
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 tsp all spice
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1/4 cup 57g butter
- 4 tbsp flour
- 480 ml beef broth
- 200 ml heavy cream
- 1-1/2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1-1/2 tsp dijon mustard
- Black pepper to taste
- 4 servings of cooked pasta
- Chopped or dried parsley
Instructions
- 1
Cook bacon in a cold pan over medium heat until fat rendered.
- 2
Then add onion to cook in bacon fat. If there's not enough fat, add some olive oil.
- 3
When onion is soft and translucent, remove from heat, and allow onion and bacon to cool.
- 4
In a large mixing bowl, combine minced pork, beef, garlic, all spice, nutmeg, egg, bread crumbs, cooled onions, bacon, and season with salt and black pepper.
- 5
Form meatballs into 1.5 inch balls.
- 6
In the same pan that you used to cook the bacon, add 1 tbsp olive oil.
- 7
Over medium to medium high heat, cook meatballs until brown on all sizes. You may have to do it in batches.
- 8
Remove, and set aside.
- 9
Melt butter in pan, and stir in flour. Cook until slightly brown.
- 10
Then slowly stir in beef broth with a wooden spoon or whisk until combined.
- 11
Add cream, mustard, and worcestershire sauce, and bring to a simmer.
- 12
Add meatballs, season with black pepper, and bring to a simmer.
- 13
Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
- 14
Serve over cooked pasta, and garnish with parsley.