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🍽️ Swedish Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes

532 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• potatoes, mostly waxy 1 kg
• onions, yellow 1 pc.
• oil 3 tbsp
• eggs 1 pc.
• ground pork 500 g
• salt pinch
• pepper, black ground pinch
• wheat flour, Type 405 2 tbsp
• beef broth 400 ml
• whipping cream 100 g
• butter 3 tbsp
• nutmeg, ground pinch
• lingonberries 8 tsp

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the potatoes and wash them thoroughly.
2. 2. Cut the potatoes into large chunks, either into quarters or eighths depending on their size.
3. 3. Place the potato pieces in a pot with water.
4. 4. Cook the potatoes for about 20 minutes until they are soft.
5. 5. Halve the onion and peel it.
6. 6. Dice the onion into small cubes.
7. 7. Heat one tablespoon of oil in a pan over medium heat.
8. 8. Sauté the onion cubes until they become translucent.
9. 9. Separate the eggs by separating the yolks from the whites.
10. 10. Add the sautéed onions, ground meat, egg yolks, salt, and pepper to a bowl.
11. 11. Mix all ingredients in the bowl thoroughly.
12. 12. Shape the mixture into small balls with a diameter of about two centimeters.
13. 13. Heat two tablespoons of oil in a pan over medium to high heat.
14. 14. Fry the meatballs all around for about ten minutes.
15. 15. Remove the meatballs from the pan and set them aside.
16. 16. Add the remaining oil to the cooking fat in the pan.
17. 17. Stir the flour into the fat.
18. 18. Cook the flour for about two minutes.
19. 19. Deglaze the pan with broth and cream.
20. 20. Bring the sauce to a boil.
21. 21. Season the sauce with salt and pepper.
22. 22. Return the meatballs to the sauce.
23. 23. Warm the meatballs in the sauce for about three minutes.
24. 24. Drain the cooked potatoes.
25. 25. Mash the potatoes in the pot with butter.
26. 26. Season the mashed potatoes with salt and nutmeg.
27. 27. Serve the meatballs together with the mashed potatoes and lingonberries.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 532
• Protein: 23 g · Fett/Fat: 35 g · Carbs: 34 g