Speedy Swedish meatballs
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
Speedy Swedish meatballs
Made popular by everyone’s favourite Swedish furniture company, these creamy meatballs are a staple comfort food in frosty Nordic nations – and are a perfect winter supper here, too
Prep time: 25 minsTotal time: 
Spencer Lengsfield
Our Senior Food Producer Spencer was born in Los Angeles, so has an inherent love for all things Mexican, Japanese, and Korean but is also heavily influenced by her family’s Louisiana heritage. She loves spice, bright flavours, and fusion food, and she has a soft spot for a chocolate chip cookie.
Spencer Lengsfield
Our Senior Food Producer Spencer was born in Los Angeles, so has an inherent love for all things Mexican, Japanese, and Korean but is also heavily influenced by her family’s Louisiana heritage. She loves spice, bright flavours, and fusion food, and she has a soft spot for a chocolate chip cookie.
Ingredients
For the pickles
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced
- ½ tsp sugar
- 100ml cider vinegar
- ¼ x 20g pack dill, roughly chopped, plus extra to garnish
For the meatballs
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 x 350g pack Sainsbury’s 10% fat Mini Beef Meatballs
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 250ml beef stock
- 50ml half-fat crème fraîche
To serve
- 2 x 400g packs Taste the Difference Mashed Potato
- 4 tbsp cranberry sauce (optional)
Step by step
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For the pickles, add the cucumber to a bowl, then add the sugar and a pinch of salt and massage in. Pour over the vinegar, stir in the chopped dill, then set aside for 20 minutes.
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Meanwhile, for the meatballs, add the oil to a large pan over a medium heat. Add the meatballs and cook on all sides until golden brown, around 8 minutes. Once browned, remove from the pan and set aside. Add the flour to the pan and whisk into the oil left in the pan. After a few minutes, slowly start pouring in the stock, whisking constantly. Season well. Add the meatballs back in and gently simmer on a low heat for 5 minutes or until cooked through, then stir in the crème fraîche.
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Serve the meatballs and sauce with the mashed potato, a dollop of cranberry sauce, if using, the drained pickles, and some extra dill.
