Authentic Swedish Meatballs and Sauce Recipe

5 from 7 votes

Ikea-inspired Swedish Meatballs are tender and juicy, cooked in a creamy beef broth sauce, and served over mashed potato, noodles, or rice!

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Course: Main Course Meat

Cuisine: Swedish, Swedish-American

Servings:

Calories: 613kcal

½ cup butter
½ cup all-purpose flour
4 cups beef broth
1 teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
¼ teaspoon ground allspice
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 cup heavy cream
Chopped parsley or chives for sprinkling on top of finished meatballs in the gravy

In a large bowl, mix the beef, pork, parsley, allspice, nutmeg, grated onion, salt, pepper, garlic, panko and eggs until combined.
Using a tablespoon or cookie scoop, measure out the meat mixture into roughly 35 (1.5 inch) balls.
In a large pan, heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat. Add ½ of the meatballs and cook until browned on all sides. This takes about 5 minutes. Set aside.
When all of the meatballs are browned, pour off any excess grease in the pan, into a heatproof vessel.

Lower the heat to medium and add the butter to the pan.
When the butter begins to bubble, sprinkle in the flour and cook for 1 minute.
Add the beef broth to the pan a little at a time.
Whisk the gravy until the broth is all incorporated.
Add salt, pepper, lemon juice, allspice and nutmeg.
Whisk a few more times. Slowly add the cream.
Once the gravy begins to simmer, add the meatballs back into the pan.
Simmer until the gravy has thicken up a bit and the meatballs are cooked all the way through, about 8-10 minutes.
Serve warm over mashed potatoes or egg noodles, alongside steamed veggies and lingonberry jam.