Köttbullar: How to make real Swedish meatballs 

And Swedish "ansjovis" is normally translated to English as anchovies, but they are rather different to Mediterranean anchovies. Really they are little sprats and they are normally cured in a spiced brine and sold as fillets in tins, but you can also get whole sprats in glass jars. Ansjovis have a sweeter, milder taste than Mediterranean anchovies, so they are not really interchangeable in recipes.

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Cranberries are not inferior, sorry. I also wonder whether the potato is about texture and good food, or just accommodating a special diet.

@@per-olamjomark7452 Anchovies, as well as cranberries, are arguably both superior ingredients, so...The potatoes are highly dubious. Fresh bread-crumbs probably work better.

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Thank you for the clarification. I am going to make it with regular anchovies to aid the saltines:)

Yes, very important! Do not make this mistake! What the English-speaking world calls Anchovies are instead called 'sardeller' in Swedish.

Thank you for that gem of information 😀 as a person who doesn’t know much at all about Swedish food (except ikea) I would have never known that 😀

That does sound better...

Thank you for the tip. I thought they looked much wider than the kind I am used to.

Yes! My mind is kinda blown…I’ve just never thought of trying that before.

pretty much everything is cross-cultural. Potatoes (in this recipe), along with tomatoes, corn, and bell peppers are from the Americas and there was not even one in Europe until 1500 or so.

Bork Bork Bork???

@@gaurangkarmakar4046 oh yah Bork!!

@kevinn1158. The Swedish Chef from the Muppets is actually Norwegian. Not a lot of people know that.

@@mrfitz96 Dang really????

@@kevinn1158 I know, mind blown right? But despite his name he has a very clear & obvious Norwegian accent

But then they lose so much juice and overcook faster.

no thanks. Grating is what you do when you want to disguise the onion so the kids don't know they are in. Grownups eat them chopped

Never compete with someone’s mom or grandmother 😉 it always come with a side of unconditional love

There's a few mistranslations here, Swedish ansjovis are NOT anchovies, they're not the same fish and they're pickled very differently. Just skip the ansjovis (and DON'T use anchovies!), it's very uncommon and not normally used. She said bouillon, what you want is veal stock or beef stock. Black currant jelly (just a little), butter, cream, a dash of soy sauce, and all the stuff left in the pan where you fried the meatballs.

Swedish pea soup goes back to the 30 years war if not longer. It was the standing diet for the Swedish army.

Shallots and garlic in the meatballs should be good, they will add some sweet and garlic taste to the meatballs.

Not garlic but shallots works just fine. Dont know why you would like shallots but not onion though as its also an onion😂 just a bit more delicate

Shred the onions and don't fry them. Also use less. You won't notice the onion flavor the same way and they blend in

@@tekinsal8396 yes they should. why tf would you even put it in there otherwise? Use shredded raw onions. they'll cook but add more flavor to the meat. COOK WELL

Absolutely, shallots should be excellent but you want just a hint of garlic, a tad too much and it's not Swedish meatballs!

İts from Ottomans "Köfte"

@@baaa-uq8du please there is no need for your conspiracy theories

@@petejames1326 swedish government confirmed XII.Karl Stole once he was a Guest 🤡

Abi, it's the other way round 😊

What's different?

Ikea is a furniture store, not a restaurant. Their meatballs can't be compared to properly cooked ones. Of course it's absolutely ok to prefer Thai or Texan food. But if you've only eaten at Ikea you haven't really tried proper Swedish food.

It's not from there. It MAY have drawn some inspiration from köfte but sweden has had meatballs longer than that

Meatballs arent really something so hard and unique to think about. Its just a ball of fried meat. Romans already made pasta sheets altough it wasnt very popular so pasta doesnt come from china, it appeared in multiple places and just developed independently

Köttbullarna inte från Turkiet inte heller Itwlien sedan de är gjorda på helt olika sätt och äts på helt olika sätt. Pasta är inte sammasak som nudlar.

I really do hate when people seem to want to "copyright" a food item or preparation. People in America even try to attribute "barbecue" to specific cultures, as if smoking or grilling meat is something nobody in the world thought to do until so and so did it pretty recently in historical terms. If meatballs are made and served a certain way in Sweden, and we all associate this style of meatball, then they are a Swedish dish, regardless of who else has or had something similar. It seems to me a cheap attempt at deconstruction to attack national cultures, or a "gotcha" of some sort. I apologize if I'm making this political, but the "x food is exclusively owned by y people and you must praise them every time you eat it" crowd are pretty much always motivated by resentment against the country where they live. American food products and styles have had an influence in South Korea and Japan, for example, yet I would never say "this budae-jjigae has hot dogs and spam in it, so it's American, and not legitimately Korean," because that could only be a shallow and pathetic attempt to "own" Koreans.

Ah yes, the Vikings in the 700s, famous for their meatballs. Lmao@@resorband

Swedish meatballs are served with potatoes or mash potatoes, but ours are not spicy!

It’s all about the sauce!!!! I’m always wishing there was extra, great idea!

Ofcourse its bad if you eat it at IKEA. The best isn't at any big restaurant & definately not at a fkng furniture store but homemade as we make it or small lunch restaurants here in sweden

@@affexxe maybe you are right. 😉

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Turkey is dry and lacks flavor. The pork makes it juicy and helps shape the meatballs nicely

Yes Scandinavia might have the worst cousine on earth.

@@BigmanDogs I dont know for world but for Europe they do especially Iceland .

@@robzsarmy5471 Outside of europe I would say places like Mongolia and pacific islands have quite bad food due to lacking access to spices and ingredients etc.

you haven't had swedish food even. Also polish food exists

​@@BigmanDogsFood in Denmark and Finland is actually decent. Simple but good. Sweden and Norway have abysmal cuisine. Norway is worst 😮

Go home Finland - you are drunk ;)

​@@per-olamjomark7452Finns can hold their drink. Swedes are passing out by 22.30 😂