Sunday, February 3, 2008

Ikea Swedish Meatballs - Halal version


Hi hi, it's me again. Last Saturday, my sister-in-law and her husband came to our house to learn dreamweaver and photoshop from my husband. So i cooked the halal version of ikea swedish meatball for them. Ikea's swedish meatball uses pork. So all we have to do is to substitute the pork with beef. Very easy to make and u can freeze the meatball and cook it whenever u crave for swedish meatball. Enjoy cooking

Swedish Meatball Ingredients
1) 2 pounds minced lean beef
2) 2 eggs
3) 1 medium chopped onion (Saute the chopped onion in butter and keep aside for use)
4) 1 cup cream (Add in little at a time and mix to make sure the meat dough is not too wet)
5) 1/2 cup of fine bread crumbs (If cream is added too much, can add more crumbs balance the wetness)
6) salt and pepper to taste

Swedish Meatball Steps
1) Mix all the ingredients.
2) Use an electronic mixer or just your hands, but make sure you mix well.
3) Then form little balls, each about 1 inch in diameter (2.5 cm).
4) Pan fry them for about 10 minutes with a little butter or oil in a moderately hot pan. The balls should be able to roll in the pan.
5) Shake the pan gently during cooking to keep them turning.
6) Take them out, put them in a large pot to keep them warm and prepare the Swedish meatball sauce in the same pan. Leave the fat in it!

Ingredients:
1) 1/8 pint cream 2) 1/4 pint beef stock (Can use Knorr Beef Cubes and mix in water)3) 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
4) 1 tbsp white flour
5) 1 tbsp water
6) salt and pepper to taste

Sauce Steps:
1) Swirl out the pan (with the remainding fat from cooking swedish meatball) with boiling beef stock.
2) Add the cream.
3) Add the flour mixed with approx 1 tablepoons of water.
4) Add the seasonings.
5) Simmer until the sauce thickens.

Final step: Serve meatball with sauce, lingonberry jam (can buy from ikea's foodmart) and boiled potatoes

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