Recipes · Swedish · Main Courses
Köttbullar (Swedish Meatballs with Cream Gravy)
One serving has 742 kcal and 31 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of pyridoxine (87%), cobalamin (86%), thiamin (72%), zinc (64%), niacin (64%) and selenium (62%). Ready in 55 minutes.
- Preparation: 25 min
- Cooking: 30 min
- Makes: 1 serving (516 g)
- Difficulty: Medium
- Diets: High protein
- Contains: beef, celery, dairy, egg, gluten, pork, soy
Ingredients
- 200 g Potatoes, raw
- 1 g Salt
- 10 g Breadcrumbs, dry
- 25 g Milk, whole
- 25 g Onions, raw
- 10 g Butter, unsalted
- 60 g Beef, ground, 85% lean, raw
- 60 g Pork, ground, raw
- 10 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 0.2 g White pepper
- 3 g Flour, all-purpose
- 60 g Beef broth
- 30 g Cream, heavy
- 2 g Soy sauce
- 20 g Lingonberry jam (or cranberry sauce)
Method
- Peel the potatoes and boil them in water with a pinch of the salt for 20 minutes, until tender; serve them boiled or mash them.
- Stir the breadcrumbs into the milk and leave them for 10 minutes to swell. Chop the onion very finely and soften it in a little of the butter for 3-4 minutes, then let it cool.
- Mix the beef and pork mince with the soaked crumbs, the onion, the egg, the rest of the salt and the white pepper until smooth, without overworking it.
- With wet hands, roll the mixture into small balls about 3 cm across.
- Fry them in the rest of the butter over medium heat, in batches, for 8-10 minutes, shaking the pan, until browned all over and cooked through. Keep them warm.
- For the cream gravy, sprinkle the flour into the pan juices, whisk in the stock and cream and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes, until slightly thickened. Season with the soy sauce, which gives the gravy its colour.
- Serve the meatballs with the gravy, the potatoes and lingonberry jam.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 742 kcal | 35% |
| Carbohydrates | 57.3 g | |
| Water | 378 mL | |
| Fiber | 5.4 g | 18% |
| Protein | 31.3 g | 65% |
| Tryptophan | 0.3 g | |
| Threonine | 1.2 g | |
| Isoleucine | 1.3 g | |
| Leucine | 2.3 g | |
| Lysine | 2.3 g | |
| Methionine | 0.73 g | |
| Cystine | 0.37 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.3 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.98 g | |
| Valine | 1.6 g | |
| Histidine | 0.96 g | |
| Fat | 43.4 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 15.4 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.7 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.01 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 2.2 g | |
| Saturated | 21.1 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.89 g | |
| Cholesterol | 179 mg | |
| Calcium | 128 mg | 13% |
| Copper | 0.35 mg | 39% |
| Iron | 4.5 mg | 25% |
| Magnesium | 84.9 mg | 27% |
| Manganese | 0.52 mg | 29% |
| Phosphorus | 421 mg | 60% |
| Potassium | 1,383 mg | 29% |
| Selenium | 34.2 µg | 62% |
| Sodium | 915 mg | |
| Zinc | 5.2 mg | 64% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.79 mg | 72% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.53 mg | 48% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 9 mg | 64% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.8 mg | 37% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 1.1 mg | 87% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 66.7 µg | 17% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 2.1 µg | 86% |
| Choline | 107 mg | 25% |
| Vitamin A | 223 µg | 32% |
| Vitamin C | 42.1 mg | 56% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 41.6 IU | 7% |
| Vitamin E | 0.96 mg | 6% |
| Vitamin K | 7.6 µg | 8% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
3 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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