The Real IKEA Swedish Meatballs Recipe

Ingredients

• Ground beef

  70% lean meat / 30% fat, raw

  1 ½ lb or 680g

• Ground pork

  Fresh, raw

  12 oz or 339g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, sliced or 115g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  1 cup or 108g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  2 medium or 88g

• Whole milk

  3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D

  ¾ cup or 183g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  4 tbsp or 54g

• Vegetable Stock

  Freshdirect

  1 ¼ cup or 296g

• Beef stock

  Soup, home-prepared

  1 ¼ cup or 300g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  1 ¼ cup, whipped or 150g

• Soy sauce

  Regular sodium, Shoyu

  2 tbsp or 32g

• Dijon mustard

  Grey poupon

  2 tsp or 10g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tsp or 9g

• Butter

  Unsalted

  6 tbsp or 85g

• Wheat flour

  White, cake, enriched

  ¾ cup unsifted, dipped or 103g

• Mashed potatoes

  Home-prepared, whole milk and margarine added

  100g

• Green beans

  Snap beans, raw

  100g

• Java-plum

  (jambolan), raw

  1 fruit or 3g

Directions

1. In a large bowl, mix ground beef, ground pork, onion, garlic, bread crumbs, eggs, milk, salt, pepper and one tablespoon of oil. Mix just enough to combine and try not to overmix.
2. Use a one-once scoop and scoop out 55 one-ounce meatballs. Line them up on your cutting board and run a knife through each one which will yield 110 half-ounce pieces.
3. Roll each into a ball and line up on a sheet tray covered in parchment. Keep your hands wet while rolling.
4. Refrigerate on the sheet tray for one hour to set.
5. After one hour, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
6. Line a second sheet tray with parchment paper.
7. Heat a large non-stick skillet over medium heat with one tablespoon of olive oil and once hot, gently place one third of the meatballs in the pan and cook on all sides for about 4-5 minutes. Use a small spatula or tongs to continually turn the meatballs to brown evenly. Remove these browned meatballs to the prepared sheet pan.
8. Repeat for the next two batches of oil and meatballs.
9. Once all the meatballs have browned and are now lined up on the sheet tray, place the sheet tray in the oven and cook for 15 minutes.
10. While the meatballs are cooking, heat the vegetable stock, beef stock, heavy cream, soy sauce and mustard in a small sauce pan. Mixture needs to be hot to prevent lumping in the sauce but does not need to boil. Set aside.
11. In a 4-5-quart pot, over medium heat melt butter in oil and add flour to make a roux. Cook and stir continually for 3-4 minutes until the raw flour smell is gone.
12. Gradually add the liquid to the roux while whisking. Heat this mixture to hot and bubbly.
13. When the meatballs come out of the oven, add to the sauce and serve with mashed potatoes, green beans, and lingonberry jam.
14. Recipe by: A Family Feast (adapted from IKEA) (source: https://www.afamilyfeast.com/ikea-swedish-meatballs-recipe/print/44409/)