Grammy's Kitchen · Meatballs · Swedish Meatballs
One of 38 meatballs recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
It ranks #1 of 38 for tenderness among the meatballs recipes we compared. 449 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 38.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| egg | 11% | 10% |
| dairy | 52% | 6% |
| aromatics | 9% | 9% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 158% | 12% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| 9 g | 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs |
| 6 g | 1 tablespoon parsley, (chopped) |
| 0 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg |
| 40 g | 1/4 cup onion, (finely chopped) |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 0 g | 1/8 teaspoon pepper |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 50 g | 1 egg |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon butter |
| 57 g | 4 tablespoons butter |
| 22 g | 3 tablespoons flour |
| 480 g | 2 cups beef broth |
| 238 g | 1 cup heavy cream |
| 16 g | 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard |
| Salt and pepper to taste |
Method: 4 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“For a more authentic Swedish taste/feeling use soft fried chopped onions: take the onions for the recipe and fry them until golden and slightly browned in the butter/oil prescribed in the recipe and add them to meat and continue as before. The oriental fla” — a cook, 4.0★
“Love this recipe, used it several times. Delicious. ?? Though my meatballs always never seem to stay firm or round when I am frying them. Is there a way to bake these and then use the drippings in a pan to make sauce. 🤔 idk but would try next time. Ty” — a cook, 5.0★