Swedish Christmas meat balls
There will be no Christmas in Sweden without meatballs. At least not a merry one.This is a recipe for traditional Swedish Christmas meatballs.
Ingredients
"Standard" meatballs
- 1 1/2 lb ground meat beef and pork mixed.
- 1 potato
- 1 1/2 onion brown
- 1/2 cup cream ~15% fat content
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs or pancho
- 1 egg optional
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon muscovado sugar
- 2 tablespoon meat liquid stock optional
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- Salt and pepper to taste
Seasoning. Choose one of the following aternatives.
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground clove
Instructions
- Boil and mash the potato. Mince one onion and grate the last half. Fry the minced onion in butter until it gets translucent. Mix all ingredients. Add some salt and pepper and fry a small dollop of the mixture and taste. Add more salt and pepper if needed.
- Form the meatballs by rolling a piece of the mixture with your hands. Fry them in batches with butter in a skillet for 4-6 minutes on medium heat. They shall have a nice brown color.
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