Swedish Meatballs

Our first encounter with the Swedish meatballs was at the IKEA in Greater London. It was very fast food like, but it didn't taste bad at all.

So, when we were in Malmo (Sweden), we took the opportunity to try the real thing on the country's soil.

Köttbullar, Swedish meatballs, are traditionally served with gravy, mashed potatoes, lingonberry jam and pickled cucumber (!!).

In terms of the actual recipe for the meatballs, there are actually many variants. The recipe was probably a way to use the leftovers, hence the variances.

Generally, the meatballs are made with a mix of beef, pork and/ or veal. The meat is mixed with breadcumbs soaked in milk, finely chopped onions and seasoned with pepper, salt and/or mustard.

The meatballs that we had was probably a mix of beef and pork. It was nicely seasoned. Surprisely, the lingonberry jam and the mashed potatoes go really well with the meatballs. It was a hearty meal and we went straight into sleepy mode after lunch. The meatballs are also much more tender than the ones we had in IKEA. It was really quite delicious.

P.S I guess many of you would know how I feel about cucumbers, so no comments there :P