Creamy Meatballs
You are likely familiar with this dish — those very legendary meatballs from Ikea. The recipe became available online back in 2020. Despite some complexity in the process, the final taste justifies all the effort. I recommend making the mince by hand rather than buying pre-made.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 8
- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
for 8 servings
- beef on the bone 350 g
- onion 150 g
- carrot 150 g
- peppercorns 7-10
- beef fillet 500 g
- pork fillet 300 g
- onion 150 g
- garlic clove 1-2 clove
- breadcrumbs 100 g
- egg 1
- milk 50 ml
- vegetable oil
- salt
- pepper
- broth 300 ml
- heavy cream 30-33% 150 ml
- butter 40 g
- flour 40 g
- mustard 1 tsp
- soy sauce 2 tsp
Instructions
Preparing the broth
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Roughly chop the carrots and onion.
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Place peppercorns, beef on the bone, carrots, and onion in a pot.
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Pour in 1 liter of water. Cook for one hour.
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Strain the resulting broth. 300 ml will be needed.
Preparing the meatballs
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Grind the garlic, onion, pork and beef through a meat grinder.
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Mix together.
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Add an egg.
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Mix together.
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Add breadcrumbs.
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Mix.
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Add milk.
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Mix.
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Add pepper and salt.
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Mix.
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Form into small meatballs.
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Cover with plastic wrap and leave in the refrigerator for 1–2 hours.
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Fry the meatballs in vegetable oil on one side.
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Flip and fry on the other side.
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Transfer them to a baking pan. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 30 minutes.
Preparing the sauce
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Place the butter in a saucepan.
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Melt it.
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Add the flour.
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Stir together.
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Pour in the broth.
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Cook until slightly thickened.
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Add the cream.
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Stir.
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Add the mustard.
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Stir.
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Add the soy sauce.
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Stir. Cook until thickened (the sauce thickens quickly). I did not salt the sauce because soy sauce is salty enough. Be sure to taste it at the end of cooking and add salt if necessary.
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Drizzle the meatballs with sauce when serving.