Dish · scandinavian
Köttbullar
Small meatballs of ground beef and pork mixed with milk-soaked breadcrumbs, browned in butter and served in cream gravy with lingonberry jam and mashed potatoes.
Where it comes from
Sweden's own government account publicly noted in 2018 that the meatballs likely trace to a similar recipe brought back from the Ottoman Empire by King Charles the Twelfth, undercutting their reputation as a purely native dish.
What cooks argue about
Pan frying the meatballs in butter, in batches, builds the browned bits the cream gravy is made from; baking a full tray in the oven is easier but skips that step entirely.
Versions
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What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
ground beef
ground pork
breadcrumbs