Swedish meatballs (homemade Ikea meatballs) from RecipeTin Eats by Nagi Maehashi

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Accompaniments: Sandwich bread without yeast; World’s easiest yeast bread – artisan, no knead crusty bread; Creamy buttery mashed potato; Creamy mashed cauliflower

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    Can substitute additional ground beef for ground pork, mixed spice for allspice powder, sour cream or yogurt for thickened cream, and wholemeal bread for white sandwich bread.

  • 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.

  • peaceoutdesign on December 19, 2024

    The meatballs were goo but the gravy lacked flavor. I added a bit of sherry and it improved.

  • firetriniti on September 20, 2024

    Very good. Light textured meatballs with good flavour. Used all pork and subbed in wheat bread for white as per the recipe notes. Makes a nice change from my usual Italian-style meatballs in red sauce.

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