Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh bread crumbs, dried out
- 3/4 cup milk
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 shallots, minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds, toasted and ground
- Kosher salt and freshly ground white pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 large egg
- 1 handful fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped, plus more for garnish
- 1 handful fresh dill, chopped
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 11/2 cups chicken broth
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup lingonberry or red currant jam, plus more for serving
Directions
In a small bowl, combine the bread crumbs and the milk; stir with a fork and let stand for 5 minutes. Put 3 tablespoons of the butter in a small skillet and let it melt over medium heat. Add the shallots, garlic, and caraway; season with salt and pepper. Saute until softened but not browned, about 2 minutes. Put the ground beef and pork in a large bowl. Add the sweated shallot mixture, egg, parsley, and dill; season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the milk out of the soaked bread crumbs, add the bread to the meat mixture, and mix well using your hands. Pinch off about 1/2 cup worth of the meat mixture and roll it around in your moistened hands to shape it into a cue ball-sized meatball. Continue forming the meatballs and putting them on a platter; there should be about 20 meatballs.
Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over moderate heat. When the foam starts to subside, add the meatballs in batches so you don't overcrowd the pan. Saute the meatballs until well-browned on all sides, about 7 minutes total. Remove the meatballs to a platter lined with paper towels as they are done.
Discard most of the fat from the skillet and return it to the heat. Add the remaining tablespoon of butter and swirl it around to coat the pan. Sprinkle in the flour, and stir with a wooden spoon to dissolve into the fat. Pour in the chicken broth, and stir with a wooden spoon to loosen the bits from the bottom of the pan. Simmer and stir until the liquid is reduced and a sauce starts to form; season with salt and pepper. Lower the heat and stir in the sour cream. Return the meatballs to the sauce and stir in 1/4 cup of the lingonberry jam until combined. Simmer until the sauce thickens slightly and the meatballs are heated through, about 15 to 20 minutes. Shower with chopped parsley and transfer to a serving bowl. Serve the Swedish meatballs with additional lingonberry jam on the side.
















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By Chef #1571494
Birmingham, AL
on March 18, 2013
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Excellent meatballs! I did not use the carraway seeds, but they were still delicious. The shallots give them a wonderful flavor. I found the lingonberry jam at Publix. These are time consuming, but you can't beat the flavor! I served these with mashed potatoes, green beans, and homemade bread. Someone mentioned that they made them in the oven, and made the gravy without the brown bits from the fried meatballs. I have to say that the brown bits make the gravy very rich and darker in color. If you don't fry them, then the gravy turns out very light in color and when the lingonberry is added it has a pink hue which is not very appetizing to look at, although it may still taste good.
By eugeniafinlay_1...
Montclair, 70
on January 06, 2013
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Found the ligonberry jam at Whole Foods. Used a veal/pork/beef mix. I never fry my meatballs; I baked these on a rack over a rimmed baking sheet @350 for 20 minutes, followed the rest of the recipe. Served these as an appetizer and had the leftovers with mashed potatoes and green beans. The meatballs were nice and moist and the gravy very flavorful-the caraway seeds added a very nice touch.
By jenking161_11990208
Redwood City, 43
on December 14, 2012
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One more thing, the Lingonberry jam is hard to find. Red currant can be used as replacement. Once you taste it, you can substitute based on that. I've also used jellied cranberry sauce and it was fine! The lingonberry jam is tart like cranberries or red currants with just a little sweetness :
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