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Swedish Meatballs

Tender meatballs of beef and pork, lightened with grated potato and onion, brown in butter and finish in beef broth in the slow cooker. A spoonful of sour cream turns the broth into a sauce.

  • YieldServes 6
  • Hands-on40 min
  • Total3 h 30 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 450 glean ground beef
  • 225 gground pork
  • 1potato, medium, peeled and grated fine
  • 1egg, beaten well
  • 75 gfine dry breadcrumbs, 3/4 cup
  • ½ tspblack pepper
  • 1 tspsalt
  • ½ tspsugar
  • 1onion, small, grated
  • 45 mlwhole milk, 3 tbsp
  • 45 gunsalted butter, 3 tbsp, for browning
  • 240 mlbeef broth, 1 cup
  • 120 gsour cream, 1/2 cupoptional

To serve

  • 4 tbspfresh parsley, chopped
  • 300 gegg noodles, buttered, or boiled potatoes

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Celery
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Wheat
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Potato (white)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Carrot
  • Parsley
  • Black and white pepper
  • Yeast
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Beef and veal
  • Pork
  • Gelatin
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop
  • Slow cooker

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Weekend project

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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