Grammy's Kitchen · Meatballs · Swedish Meatballs
One of 38 meatballs recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
It ranks #4 of 38 for tenderness among the meatballs recipes we compared. 202 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 38.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| binder | 4% | 0% |
| egg | 6% | 10% |
| dairy | 33% | 6% |
| aromatics | 17% | 9% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 112% | 12% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 lb lean ground beef ((10%-15% fat)) |
| 454 g | 1 lb ground pork |
| 150 g | 1 small onion (grated on star side of box grater) |
| 6 g | 2 garlic cloves (minced) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 36 g | 1/3 cup panko crumbs |
| 61 g | 1/4 cup whole milk |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp ground black pepper |
| 0 g | 1/4 tsp ground allspice |
| 1 g | 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg |
| 27 g | 2 Tbsp olive oil ((cooking oil), or as needed) |
| 57 g | 4 Tbsp unsalted butter |
| 720 g | 3 cups regular beef broth |
| 238 g | 1 cup heavy whipping cream |
| 22 g | 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard |
| salt and pepper, to taste |
Method: 5 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Another banger from the team at Natasha's Kitchen! The reviews that say "This was good, I just substituted blank for blank or added blank" always crack me up. Some people just NEED to change something to make themselves feel like they improved it somehow. My a” — a cook, 5.0★
“I usually love every single recipe you make, but this one was not that great. The meat was way under seasoned, in my opinion, and the sauce was too much for the amount of meatballs. (Made the Italian meatballs from you and they were amazing, so I'm sticking to” — a cook, 2.0★