Swedish Meatballs (Svenska Kottbullar)

Juicy Swedish meatballs made with seasoned ground beef and pork, baked and served with a savory brown gravy sauce for a family-friendly comfort meal.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 309 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 small onion, minced
• 2 slices day-old white bread, crumbled
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour, or as needed
• 2 cups beef broth, or as needed
• 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 0.5 cup heavy cream
• 0.25 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.25 cup chicken broth
• 0.125 teaspoon ground ginger
• 0.25 teaspoon ground allspice
• 0.66666668653488 pound ground beef
• 0.33333334326744 pound finely ground pork
• 0.5 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Place bread crumbs into a small bowl; mix in cream. Allow to stand until crumbs absorb cream, about 10 minutes.

Step 3

Meanwhile, melt 1 teaspoon butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until light brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer onion to a mixing bowl.

Step 4

Mix ground beef, ground pork, egg, brown sugar, salt, black pepper, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger with onion in the mixing bowl. Lightly mix in bread crumbs and cream.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until meatballs are tender, about 40 minutes. Remove meatballs to a serving dish.

Step 6

Just before serving, whisk in sour cream. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve gravy with meatballs.

Step 7

Place browned meatballs into a baking dish, pour in chicken broth, and cover with foil.

Step 8

Pour pan drippings into a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk flour into drippings until smooth.

Step 9

Bring gravy to a simmer, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 5 minutes.

Step 10

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Pinch off about 1 ½ tablespoons meat mixture per meatball; form into balls. Place meatballs into the skillet and cook, turning often, until browned, about 5 minutes. Insides of meatballs will still be pink.

Step 11

Gradually whisk in enough beef broth to total about 2 ½ cups liquid.