Swedish meatballs from RecipeTin Eats - Dinner: 150+ Recipes from Australia's Favourite Cook (page 30) by Nagi Maehashi

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    Can substitute beef mince for pork mince, and chicken stock for beef stock.

  • joneshayley on May 09, 2026

    Really good recipe, soft meatballs and a lovely sauce (added more pepper to taste) great family fayre

  • Soulkitchenjen on March 09, 2026

    These are delicious. The meat is very soft. Balls are not what you’re going to end up with. Still, very delicious.

  • Bessp on December 05, 2025

    These could definitely stand to be spiced up a bit, but as-is, they are comforting and good for a chilly night. We served with steamed broccoli and orzo. The texture of the meatballs was a bit soft, but I don't think that was the worst thing. If I make them again, I'll definitely increase the nutmeg and allspice, and probably add some to the gravy too. I used gluten free bread for the meatballs, I don't think it made that much of a difference. I don't object to the occasional brown mush meal, which this definitely was. The jam would probably brighten it up considerably, but I didn't have any.

  • JimCampbell on November 25, 2025

    A 3.0 out of 5. Good dish. Some notes speak to the dish being a bit one dimensional. We are ok with it. It's a dish that comforts. We would use 70/30 for beef and pork next time. We would run the meat through a stand mixer with a paddle attachment to break down the coarseness of the meat. We thought we'd cheat and use the fine grating attachment of the food processor for the onion. It made the onion stringy. Lesson learned. Next time use the hand grater as suggested or pulse and sieve. Added nutmeg to the gravy. Might play with additional seasonings for the gravy next time. We like the idea in one of the notes of adding sherry to the gravy. We'll make this again.

  • BrendaD1962 on October 29, 2025

    We thought these were delicious. I grew up eating Swedish meatballs as my grandmother was Swedish but I never really liked them. I think that was just me being a kid as there are a lot of dishes I wasn’t fond of as a child that I love now. I haven’t had Swedish meatballs in literally decades because they were never my favourite, but we loved this recipe. I served them with mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumbers. Would definitely make again.

  • amandabeck on March 03, 2025

    YUM. Delicious Swedish meatball recipe, gravy was easy and hands off. Served with broccolini and jam. Keeper.

  • Lafro on January 27, 2024

    Made this but added some of the spices from the meatballs to the sauce as well to increase the flavour. Very comforting with mashed potato and lingonberry jam. It definitely benefited from the jam for flavour.

  • dbuhler on January 18, 2024

    This was a miss for us. Like previous reviews mention, this is pretty one note and I also didn't like the texture of the meatballs. I opted to bake my meatballs to save a bit of time (and grease splatter) so I'm not sure if that played a part in the weird texture of the meatballs, or if it was something else. I really didn't like the strands of onion that provided a little bit of crunchy texture every few bites. The gravy, although easy, was pretty under seasoned, so I had to add a bit of salt. I did serve this with her mashed potatoes which was a nice change for us since we usually have swedish meatballs with egg noodles. I will consider doing that again, however, I will stick to our favorite swedish meatball recipe which comes from ATK.

  • rhb on November 07, 2023

    A bit plain but very nice with mashed potatoes (I had no jam). It all needed a lot more seasoning so when I made the gravy, I added a splash of Worcestershire sauce and the same spices that were in the meatballs plus more salt. Next time, I will use less bread and maybe a little less egg (I would prefer the meatballs to be less mushy) and even more spices in the meat and serve with some type of jam. Maybe using all beef would be good, too. Plain, good comfort food.

  • averythingcooks on July 21, 2023

    I cut this in 1/2, using all beef and (based on 30g) got 13 very tender meatballs. Neither of us have ever had Swedish meatballs & an early taste of the gravy confirmed that for us, it was just a little too one note. A quick internet search had suggested currant jelly as an alternative to Lingonberry and so I began adding spoonfuls of black currant jam to the pan which helped a lot. Mashed potatoes with lots of scallions & roasted broccoli on the side also helped bring things to life. I can see how lots of people (especially kids) would love these but for us.....just good but certainly not great.

  • Jenny on January 20, 2023

    Made the Swedish meatballs this week - and another hit from RTE. By the time dinner was done it was very dark and I couldn't get a nice picture - but will definitely be making these again - and will have a photo.

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