Meat dishes
Köttbullar with cream sauce
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Köttbullar are among Scandinavia's best-known dishes. The small meatballs served with a creamy sauce are true comfort food.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 25 minutes
- Cooking time: approx. 25 minutes
- Total: approx. 50 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 720 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 35.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 18 g
- Fat
- ≈ 55.7 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 egg · ≈ 50.0 g
- 1 small onion · ≈ 100.0 g
- butter · ≈ 10 g
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 600 g mixed minced meat
- 1 egg
- 1 small onion
- 50 g breadcrumbs
- 100 ml milk
- salt
- pepper
- butter
- For the sauce: 30 g butter
- For the sauce: 30 g flour
- For the sauce: 300 ml beef stock
- For the sauce: 200 ml cream
Instructions
- Soak the breadcrumbs in milk.
- Mix with the mince, egg and onion.
- Shape into small balls.
- Fry golden in butter.
- For the sauce, melt the butter.
- Stir in the flour.
- Add stock and cream.
- Let the meatballs simmer in the sauce.
