Swedish Meatballs with Spicy Plum Sauce

Recipe Courtesy Marcus Samuelsson, Executive Chef, Restaurant Aquavit

Rated 4 stars out of 5
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4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1/2-cup fine, dry bread crumbs
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium yellow onion, minced
  • 2/3 cup ground beef
  • 2/3 cup ground veal
  • 2/3 cup ground pork
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 large egg
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1 large shallot, minced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, minced
  • 6 pickled plums, pitted and minced
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons plum sauce

Directions

In a small bowl, combine breadcrumbs and 1/2-cup heavy cream. Stir with fork until smooth. Set aside. In a small saute pan over medium heat, heat the oil and add the onion. Saute until softened but not browned, about 5 minutes. In a large bowl, combine beef, veal, pork, honey, cooked onions and egg. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add the bread crumb-cream mixture to the meat, and mix well. With wet hands 9to keep the meat from sticking), shape a meatball the size of a golf ball. If the meat is too soft to shape, more bread crumbs may be added to the mixture. Continue shaping meatballs, placing on a plate brushed with water. There will be about 24 meatballs. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter and add the meatballs. Saute, browning on all sides, until cooked through, about 7 minutes. Remove to a plate, and discard the fat from the skillet. Return skillet to heat, and add shallots, red pepper and plums. Saute until softened and lightly browned. Add chicken broth, then remaining 1/ 4 cup of heavy cream. Stir in plum sauce, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add meatballs to sauce and simmer over medium heat, until sauce thickens slightly and meatballs are heated through, about 5 minutes. Serve.

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  • on April 04, 2011

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    Chef Marcus has given me a Dear Memory of Childhood Birthday.I Adore Swedish Meatballs. Yet, am more comfortable with Lingonberry Preserves with this dish. Easier to find in an upscale Grocery store.The Plum Sauce is easier to locate in the Asian Aisle of a standard supermarket.This may help the 'runny sauce' complaints.

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  • on December 15, 2006

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    I've made this recipe several times for different occasions (cocktail parties, dinners, etc. and it's a hit each time. The trick is to find pickled plums which I was able to do after a little hunting. It is worth the effort. Easy and delicious.

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  • on January 01, 2005

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    I served these meatballs for New Year's and my guests raved about the final product, but I had a few difficulties with the recipe. Following directions, I found the sauce too watery to serve well as an appetizer. So I doctored it, adding 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch to thicken it a bit. Another problem I discovered was in locating pickled plums. I substituted a dollop of relish to give it a "pickled" taste -- perhaps not the best choice, but it was all I had avaliable in my pantry in a pinch.

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