Swedish Meatballs

September 23, 2017

I brought some lingonberry jam dorsum alongside me from Sweden this twelvemonth together with it has sat sadly inwards the closet for months waiting for inspiration to strike. Lingonberry jam isn't actually used similar strawberry or raspberry jam - you lot don't smear it on toast or select it alongside scones - it's to a greater extent than unremarkably used every bit an accompaniment to savoury nutrient similar fried herring, white patato pancakes or, of course, meatballs.

While nosotros were inwards Stockholm concluding year, friends had made us a classic Swedish repast - novel potatoes, (veggie) meatballs, greens together with lingonberry jam - it was ane of my favourite memories of the trip together with I decided to pass a tranquillity Sat arvo trying to replicate it. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fighting of googling merely about turned upward this recipe on Rabbits together with Wolves, which ticked all of my boxes. We paired it alongside the lingonberry jam, boiled potatoes together with dark-green beans. It was a wonderful repast - the meatballs were a fighting squishy, but held together pretty good together with got a decent char on inwards our hot cast Fe pan. The coconut-y gravy is rich together with creamy - perfectly paired alongside the sugariness together with tangy lingonberry jam. We'll definitely brand this repast again, when Melbourne's wintertime has me dreaming of a Swedish springtime.

Swedish meatballs
(slightly adapted from Rabbits together with Wolves)

300g bundle of tempeh
2 tablespoons dry soil flax seeds alongside iii tablespoons water
1/2 loving cup breadcrumbs (I used a unmarried weetbix, crushed up)
1/2 loving cup polenta (in house of panko crumbs)
1/4 loving cup water
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon dry soil nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon dry soil allspice
Salt together with pepper
Oil for frying (we used peanut oil)

gravy
1/4 loving cup Nuttelex
1/4 loving cup flour
2 cups of veggie stock
1 tablespoon tamari
400ml tin displace kokosnoot milk
iii teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon crimson vino vinegar
Salt together with pepper to taste

Mix the dry soil flax seeds together with H2O together to brand a vegan egg. Combine it alongside all the meatball ingredients inwards a nutrient processor together with procedure them into a smoothen paste. Add to a greater extent than H2O if the mix is besides dry.

Shape the tempeh mixture into modest balls (no bigger than a golf game ball). 

Heat some petroleum inwards a cast Fe pan until it's really hot together with tiddler the meatballs on each side until they're overnice together with browned. We had to produce ours inwards 2 batches, but it volition depend on the size of your frying pan. Remove the meatballs from the frying pan together with laid upward aside.

Wipe the pan construct clean together with showtime on the gravy. Turn the estrus downward to depression together with melt the Nuttelex. Whisk inwards the flour until it forms a roux. 

Whisk inwards the stock, tamari, kokosnoot milk, mustard together with vinegar - add together things inwards piece of cake thus you lot tin displace whisk it all together well. Turn the estrus upward together with convey the sauce to a simmer. Hold it over a depression simmer for 5-10 minutes, until the gravy thickens correct up.

Season the sauce to gustatory modality together with add together the meatballs. Serve alongside potatoes, beans together with a generous spoonful of lingonberry jam.