Homemade meatballs with cream sauce and mashed potatoes

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Homemade meatballs, cream sauce and mashed potatoes have become one of our absolute favourites. From being a rather bland everyday dish, it has become one of our most appreciated weekend favourites. Here we tell you the "secrets"!

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Delicious homemade meatballs

Good homemade meatballs can be more than an everyday dish. If cooked well, and served with good accompaniments, it can be a luxury dinner. What can you do with the leftover meatballs? Serve them on the Christmas table of course! Or maybe put them on a meatball sandwich. Meatballs are never wrong!

Peter's best recipe for homemade meatballs

Peter has been experimenting with Swedish cuisine for quite some time, and last summer we told him about 17 Swedish dishes that we have served to our foreign guests. One of the most popular dishes was meatballs, with their own mashed potatoes and cream sauce, lingonberries and pickles. Now, just in time for Christmas, Peter shares his recipe!

Recipe for homemade meatballs

Here is Peter's best recipe for homemade meatballs. To make the meatballs juicy and tender, he always uses mixed mince, with half beef and half pork.

You need (4 people)

• Mixed mince 50/50 (500 grams)
• breadcrumbs (0,5 dl)
• Yellow onion (1 piece)
• Garlic (one clove)
• Eggs (1 piece)
• Cream (1 dl)
• Dijon mustard (1 tbsp)
• Japanese soya (1 tbsp)
• Salt and pepper
• Butter (a little, to fry in)

How to do this

1. Mix the cream and breadcrumbs. Leave to swell for 10 minutes.
2. Grate the onion and garlic clove.
3. Mix the grated onion and garlic, Dijon mustard and soya into the bread mixture.
4. Add the minced meat and work the mince thoroughly, together with salt and pepper.
5. Moisten your hands with cold water and shape the meatballs. If you want, you can use a skewer.
6. Fry a few meatballs at a time in cooking fat, shaking the pan from time to time so that the meatballs roll around and stay round.

Recipe for mashed potatoes

If you ask Peter, a good mashed potato is made with potatoes, butter and egg yolks. We like the mash to be a bit 'sticky'. If you prefer a looser consistency, like mashed potatoes, you can add a little milk or cream.

You will need (4 portions)

• Potatoes, preferably floury (1 kg)
• Butter (50 grams)
• Egg yolks (4 pcs)
• Salt
• White pepper

How to do this

1. Peel the potatoes and cut them into smaller pieces.
2. Boil the potato cubes in salted water until soft, about 20 minutes. Pour off the cooking water.
3. Mash the potatoes in the saucepan.
4. Add the butter and egg yolks, and whisk together.
5. Season with salt and white pepper.

Recipe for cream sauce

A really good cream sauce is the "icing on the cake" when eating homemade meatballs. Peter makes his sauce from soup vegetables, and it turns out fantastically good.

You need (4 people)

• Soup vegetables - usually carrot, parsnip, celeriac and leek (one packet)
• Onions (1 piece)
• Butter (50 grams)
• Cooking cream (7 dl)
• Wheat flour (3 tbsp)
• Veal stock (half bottle)
• Japanese soya (3 tbsp)
• Salt and pepper

How to do this

1. Cut the soup vegetables and onion into smaller pieces.
2. Sauté the soup vegetables and onion in butter in a frying pan, for about 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the flour to the pan and stir for 1-2 minutes.
4. Add the cream, veal stock and soya.
5. Cook everything together, another 5-7 minutes until the vegetables are soft.
6. Strain the vegetables and squeeze the sauce into a saucepan.
7. Add 2 dl of cream.
8. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Accessories for homemade meatballs

The meal of homemade meatballs will be even tastier with raw lingonberries and pickled cucumber. We chose to buy these accessories ready-made in a tin. Those who wish can of course do this on their own.

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Homemade meatballs for the Christmas table

Leftover homemade meatballs are perfect for the Christmas table. You can serve them as they are, preferably warmed up, with boiled potatoes and beetroot salad, for example. Another option is to save them for a tasty meatball sandwich. Read more about Christmas food and Swedish food here:

How do you make your best homemade meatballs?

How do you cook your best homemade meatballs? Please share your tips and tricks!

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