Recipe: Swedish meatballs by Zofia Selimi How to use the video In this video, Zofia Selimi cooks Swedish meatballs. You can use the video on social media, for example around meatball day 23 August. Please make sure to tag @zofias_kok and to include the music credit in your captions.
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Videos Download video with English text (MP4 153.8 MB) Video with text in English Download video with Arabic text (MP4 145.9 MB) Video with text in Arabic Captions Running low on dinner inspiration? 🍽️ No worries – we’ve got something delicious for you! This weekend we’re celebrating Swedish Meatball Day – a tribute to one of Sweden’s most beloved bites! 🇸🇪
Make them big or make them small! There’s just one golden rule: they have to be made with love! 😋 ♥️
Zofia Selimi, @zofias_kok, is a food creator with Balkan roots. She cooks food from all over the world – from her grandmother’s Roma recipes to classic Swedish dishes. This is Zofia’s recipe for Swedish meatballs.
Here’s the recipe for this Swedish classic:🥩 500g minced beef or mixed mince🍞 25g breadcrumbs🥛 100ml milk🥚 1 egg🧅 1 yellow onion🧂 1 pinch of salt⚫ 2g freshly ground black pepper🧈 Oil & butter for frying
Instructions:
1. Peel and finely chop the onion. Fry it in oil and butter without browning – the onion should just soften.
2. Mix milk, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper in a bowl. Let the mixture swell for 5 minutes.
3. Add the minced meat and the fried onion to the breadcrumb mixture. Stir everything into a smooth mixture.
4. Moisten your hands with cold water and shape the mixture into meatballs of desired size.
5. Heat a frying pan with oil and butter. Fry the meatballs over medium heat, preferably a few at a time. Shake the pan occasionally.
6. Lower the heat once the meatballs are browned. Keep turning the meatballs so they cook evenly.
For the brown sauce you will need:🧈 25g butter🤍 1 tbsp plain flour🥩 400 ml veal stock (made by dissolving a stock cube in boiling water)⚫ 1g black pepper🥢 ½ tsp dark soy sauce🔴 1 tsp lingonberry jam
Instructions:
Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the flour while stirring. Let the roux turn light brown. Add the stock and soy sauce. Bring to a boil while stirring and let it simmer for about 2 minutes. Season with lingonberry jam, salt, and pepper. Plate and serve with 🥔 mashed potatoes, lingonberries (or lingonberry jam) and pickled cucumber. Enjoy! 😍
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"children": "Running low on dinner inspiration? 🍽️ No worries – we’ve got something delicious for you! This weekend we’re celebrating Swedish Meatball Day – a tribute to one of Sweden’s most beloved bites! 🇸🇪"
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"children": "Make them big or make them small! There’s just one golden rule: they have to be made with love! 😋♥️"
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