Swedish Meatballs are considered a national food, often served with mashed potatoes and Lingonberry Jam. Shop ahead for the jam (Amazon or Ikea). You can replace it with cranberries if you want to serve something sweet with the meatballs.
Swedish Meatballs
Traditionally the meatballs are made of ground beef and pork. We make ours with beef only. We have tried using ground chicken/turkey, but the flavour just isn’t there. Our version if Gluten Free.
Once the meatballs are made, this dish comes together very quicky, all cooked in one large skillet.
Ingredients
Meatballs:
- 2 TBSP butter 0 CHO
- 1 TBSP olive oil 0 CHO
- 1 lb. (454 gr) ground beef 0 CHO
- 2 TBSP (24 gr) rice crumbs 20.4 CHO
- ¼ cup milk 3 CHO
- ¼ cup (30 gr) red onion, finely chopped 3 CHO
- ¼ tsp. ground allspice 0 CHO
- ½ tsp. salt 0 CHO
- ¼ tsp. pepper 0 CHO
- 1 egg beaten 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO 26.4 CHO
- TOTAL WEIGHT 605 GRAMS
- 26.4 CHO DIVIDED BY 605 GRAMS = .043 CHO/GRAM
- 38 MEATBALLS = EACH MEATBALL = 16 GR (.043 CHO x 16 GR) .688 CHO EACH
Gravy:
- 1 cup beef stock 0 CHO
- 2 TBSP (16 gr) cornstarch 14 CHO
- 1 cup cream 0 CHO
- 1 tsp. Dijon 0 CHO
- 1 tsp. French's Gluten Free Worcestershire Sauce 1 CHO
- ¼ tsp. salt 0 CHO
- ¼ tsp. pepper 0 CHO
TOTAL CHO 15 CHO
- TOTAL WEIGHT 420 GRAMS
- 15 CHO DIVIDED BY 420 GRAMS = .035 CHO/GRAM
- 1 TBSP = 14 GRAMS (.035 CHO x 14 GRAMS) .49 CHO/TBSP
- ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP (.49 CHO x 4) 1.96 CHO/1/4 CUP
- ¼ CUP = 56 GRAMS
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, add rice crumbs and milk. Stir to incorporate and let rest 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, add ground beef to a larger bowl along with chopped onion.
- After the rice crumb and milk has rested, add the allspice, salt, pepper and beaten egg. Stir to mix in the spices and add to the hamburger mixture.
- We use a 1 TBSP cookie scoop to size the meatballs.
- Heat the butter and olive oil in a large skillet and add meatballs in one layer.
- Fry until cooked through and darker brown in color. About 10 minutes.
- Remove the meatballs to a plate with a slotted spoon, leaving any pan juices in the skillet.
- Mix beef broth and cornstarch, stirring until smooth.
- Let the skillet cool a bit before adding the cream. Stir up any brown bits from the skillet and then add the beef and cornstarch along with Dijon, Worcestershire, and spices.
- Whisk constantly until gravy thickens and comes to a boil.
- Add the meatballs, warm, and serve immediately with mashed potatoes, pasta or rice.
- Garnish with chopped parsley.
