HM Ikea style Swedish Meatballs?

Mr_Proctalgia

You can make a very close copy of the IKEA Sauce by using Bisto Gravy Granules (Beef or Chicken) made up with milk instead of water.

HTH

Counting_Pennies_2

I wonder if anyone can help.

I ate Swedish Meatballs when I went to sweden, and it had a lovely brown creamy sauce.

A bit like gravy with cream in it, but probably not!

I always serve my meatballs with a tomato sauce. But now we have tried the real thing it just isn't the same.

Does anyone have a recipe for the authentic sauce?

Thanks

craftlady

They sell it in a packet in Ikea if thats any help.

anguk

The recipe from the Ikea recipe book is also on the Ikea Friends website, it seems the sauce is just beef stock & cream thickened with flour and seasoned/coloured with a bit of soy sauce:
http://www.ikea-friends.com/corner/recipe-meatball.shtml

Anne_Marie_2

I got this from somewhere on the web, could maybe even have been Ikea website a while back, and have stuck it in my recipe folder. Hope it helps.

Meatballs with Cream Sauce

How to make your own meatballs:
Ingredients:
250gm minced beef
250gm minced pork
1 egg
200-300ml cream and water (or milk and water)
2.5 tbsp. finely-chopped onion
50ml unsweetened rusk flour
2 cold boiled potatoes
4-5 tbsps butter, margarine or oil
Salt and pepper





Instructions:
Heat the onion till golden in a couple of tablespoons of lightly browned butter.
Mash the potatoes and moisten the rusk flour in a little water.
Mix all the ingredients until there is consistency and flavour generously with salt, white pepper and (optional) a little finely crushed allspice.
Use a pair of spoons to shape the mixture into relatively large, round balls and transfer to a floured chopping board.
Fry them slowly in plenty of butter.


How to make the cream sauce:
Ingredients:
100ml cream
200ml beef stock
Chinese soya sauce 1 tbsp white flour
Salt, white pepper

Instructions:
Swirl the boiling water or beef stock in a pan.
Add cream and thicken with white flour if preferred.
Season well with salt and pepper.
Serve the meatballs with the sauce, freshly boiled potatoes, uncooked lingonberry jam and salad. There you have the perfect Swedish meal!

Raspberry_Swirl

It's really easy to make yourself, and VERY yummy!! Definitley no need for the packet from IKEA.

Pink.

Hi Counting_Pennies.

There's an earlier thread with some more recipes that may help so I've added your thread to it to keep the recipes together.

Pink

hopsta

Hapless wrote: »

Ask 1000 Swedes for a meatball recipe and you will ger 2000 answers!
I made the mistake of asking for a meatball recipe ona scandinavian forum once....eeek meatball wars!

This is hilarious! :rotfl: :T

Fruball

Anastacia wrote: »

The meatball sauce in ikea is creamy,maybe with blac pepper. You also get a dollop of lingonberry 'jam'. I am sure it must be the cream sauce she is after, the jam is defianteily an optional extra. I'd would a cream & pepper sauce 9black pepper i mean, not green or red.

All ikeas are a long way for us so its meatballs when you get there and hot dog (i know what you are tihnking but beleive me these sausages have no meat content of any kind to worry about) & cola before you set off home again. Its more imprtant that the actual shopping!

I know this is an old post but love it! I drove a 2 hr round trip recently just to have the meatballs

Question - I have the ikea gravy pack and it says to add cream plus water... I don't have any cream in so could I make up the pack with milk instead, or part milk part water?

Anne_Marie_2

Fruball wrote: »

Question - I have the ikea gravy pack and it says to add cream plus water... I don't have any cream in so could I make up the pack with milk instead, or part milk part water?

I've made it up using just milk in the past, when I didn't have any cream. Tasted lovely.