Sauce for Swedish Meatballs | Swedish Meatballs | Swedish Meatballs Recipe | Swedish Meatball Sauce

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: milk

Coconut cream is lower in calories, while milk is more budget-friendly.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: chicken broth

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, while chicken broth is often cheaper.

Chop parsley finely and measure out 1 tablespoon.

Mince 1/4 cup (30 grams) of white onion.

Combine ground beef (1 pound or 500 grams) with chopped parsley, breadcrumbs (1/4 cup or 33 grams), allspice (1/4 teaspoon), nutmeg (1/4 teaspoon), garlic powder (1/4 teaspoon), salt, pepper, and 1 egg in a bowl and mix well.

Form meatballs and sauté them in a pan until cooked through.

Remove meatballs from the pan, leaving the fond at the bottom.

If needed, degrease the pan, then add 5 tablespoons (75 grams) of butter and melt it.

Stir in 3 tablespoons (38 grams) of flour and cook for about a minute.

Add 2 cups of beef stock and scrape the bottom of the pan to incorporate the fond.

Stir in 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 tablespoon of soy sauce, and 1 cup (250 mL) of heavy cream.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of mustard powder and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Return the meatballs to the sauce and simmer until well coated and heated through.

Garnish with chopped parsley before serving.

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