These Swedish meatballs are the best you'll ever have. Gently warmed with spices and covered in a heavenly creamy gravy sauce, then served with fluffy mashed potatoes!
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Swedish Meatballs Served Up: At Home.
Swedish meatballs are everyone’s favorite IKEA menu item, and our recipe recreates that deliciousness at home—classed up, cleaned up and so. dang. good. We love that they are beginner chef level friendly, well seasoned and totally drool worthy! You will want to make this easy recipe again and again.
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This Swedish Meatball Dinner Sparks All The Joy!
This time of year we're especially on the lookout for recipes that bring people together, can be served for multiple occasions, and most importantly, taste great. Like our Beef Stroganoff, Hamburger Helper and Salisbury Steak. We are big believers that when you’re gathered around delicious food—like these moist, warmly-spiced, perfect meatballs—with those you love, you can create moments of joy even amidst the busy and chaotic holiday season.
All of these things—plus Simply Organic's array of warm and festive spices—inspired us to create this, the best Swedish meatballs recipe ever! We know that this is one both your picky kids and holiday guests alike will enjoy.
A Weeknight Dinner That is Simple, Quick And Easy.
This meatball recipe isn't just the best—it's also simple. This recipe comes together quickly enough for an easy weeknight dinner, or last-minute party snack.
We’ve turned this classic Swedish recipe—warm with wintery Swedish spices like allspice and nutmeg—into a show-stopping dish that can be served as an appetizer for your next party, tonight for dinner with the family, or even a special occasion like Christmas!
What is So Special About These Meatballs?
It’s all about the Swedish spices, a buttery cream sauce, and the fact that they require just one pan! They are filled with wonderful warm spices and finished with a fragrant, heavenly cream sauce. Our Creamy Turkey Meatballs are a similarly cozy meatball recipe.
There are many versions of these tasty morsels out there, but for the sake of ease we chose to use Simply Organicallspice and nutmeg. The result is meatballs that are perfectly seasoned with warm spices without being overpowered.
How Do You Make Authentic Swedish Meatballs?
There isn't necessarily one single defining recipe for Swedish meatballs—there is a fair amount of variation in terms of what qualifies as "classic". But, traditionally they include:
- A mixture of pork and beef
- Onion (we added garlic and parsley to make them even more flavorful.)
- Warm spices such as Simply Organic nutmeg and allspice.
- A cream-based light brown gravy.
How Do You Make Easy Swedish Meatballs?
The next time you are at IKEA, you should take a hard pass on their frozen, bagged, processed, and dare I say “American” version of Swedish meatballs and make them from scratch at home instead. Why? Because they are really easy, and a thousand percent better.
You can pull the entire recipe together in a few simple steps (and only dirty one bowl and one pan in the process)!
- Mix your Swedish meatball ingredients in a large bowl and roll them out onto a sheet pan.
- Fry the meatballs in a large pan.
- Use the same pan to make your gravy.
- Add the meatballs back to the pan and serve in that creamy, spiced Swedish meatball sauce!
Tips for Making Delicious Homemade Swedish Meatballs:
- Don’t make them too big. These meatballs are pan fried and contain pork. The last thing you want to do is undercook them. They should be about the size of a rounded tablespoon.
- Take care while forming the balls that they are tight so they don’t fall apart in the pan. We like to dip our hands in water as we roll them to make them nice and smooth. The breadcrumbs and eggs also help hold the mixture together.
- Fry the meatballs in batches. If you crowd the pan the meatballs will steam instead of brown.
- These meatballs and sauce reheat perfectly in a covered casserole dish. Heat oven to 350° and pop them in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Cover with warmed sauce and you are good to go!
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What to Serve with the Best Swedish Meatballs?
- Swedish meatballs are at the type of great recipe that can be served all by themselves!
- Add some simple steamed veggies.
- Go traditional and serve them with a dollop of lingonberry jam over mashed potatoes (just like at Ikea!)
- Egg noodles are also always a good idea.
- You can also just serve them on a platter for your guests to gobble up with toothpicks at your next co*cktail party.
Are You a Meatball Fan? (I’ve got both hands raised over here!)
Be sure to check out these other delicious weeknight dinner meatballs:
Mediterranean Meatballs with Tzatziki
Baked Teriyaki Meatballs with Roasted Broccoli
Turkey Meatballs in a creamy red curry sauce
How Good Did They Turn Out?
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