Swedish Meatballs made in the Thermomix

I’ve been drooling over all the pictures of Swedish meatballs which have been popping up all over Instagram and Pinterest. It seems like everybody is making these delicious meatballs! I wanted to try my hand at making them in the Thermomix so I trawled through the internet and combine a few traditional recipes. After making the Swedish meatballs using the traditional stove top method I wanted to convert the recipe for the Thermomix.

Swedish Meatballs Thermomix

The traditional method means you need to stand over the frying pan to cook the meatballs and then you make a gravy with the pan juices. Standing over a frying pan in this heat was not very much fun but it did give the gravy a nice flavour.

Making the meatballs in the Thermomix was simple!  Meatballs become super moist and tender when they’re steamed in the Varoma but unfortunately, there aren’t then pan the juices to make a gravy.

Thermomix Swedish Meatballs

To combat this small problem I’ve introduced flavour into the gravy with the addition of a few extra ingredients. I modelled the sauce from a recipe that was shared with me by a chef at a local restaurant. The restaurant has now closed but when we used to visit my husband would always have this dish because he loved the sauce. The owner was  German and he used to tease us that we would never guess his secret ingredient. He was right, I didn’t guess that the magic ingredient in the sauce was actually Vegemite. Only a little is used in the recipe, but it gives the sauce a savoury “lift”.

Swedish Meatballs

The results were delicious and happily making the gravy was completely “hands-free” in the Thermomix.

4.88 from 8 votes

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Swedish Meatballs Thermomix Style

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

30 mins

 

These meatballs are a delicious main which can be served over noodles, rice or creamy mashed potato.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Swedish

Servings: 6 people

Calories: 350 kcal

Author: Julie Carlyle

Ingredients

Meatballs

• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 150 g onion
• 300 g beef mince
• 300 g pork mince
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp all spice
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 Tbs tomato paste

Gravy

• 120 g onion
• 10 g garlic
• 30 g oil
• 40 g butter
• 65 g plain flour
• 500 g liquid beef stock
• 100 g sour cream
• 4 tsp dijon mustard
• 2 TBS fresh parsley Chopped
• 1/4 tsp vegemite
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp apple cider vinegar

Instructions

1. Add onion TM bowl. Blitz 4 sec/Speed 9

2. Add the tomato paste, salt, pepper, egg, spices and breadcrumbs to the chopped onion. Combine 5 sec/Speed 5.

3. Add the pork and beef mince to the ingredients in the TM. Combine 1 min/Knead dough setting.

4. Remove the mince mixture from the TM bowl and roll into 35 meatballs.

5. Place a layer of meatballs into the large deep Varoma tray.

6. Make another layer of meatballs on the top Varoma steaming tray.

7. Add 1000ml of hot water the TM bowl.

8. Stack the Varoma steaming trays on top of the TM bowl. Steam 20min/105 Degrees/Speed 2.5.

9. Reserve the cooked meatballs in the Thermoserver. Discard the water.

Gravy

1. Place onion and garlic to TM boil. Blitz 3 sec/Speed 9.

2. Add oil to the onion. Saute 3min/Varoma/Speed 1.

3. Add butter and flour to the onion mixture. Heat 3 min/Varoma/Speed 2.

4. Reset the TM to 1min/100 degrees/ Speed 2. While the TM is operating pour 100mls of beef stock into the flour mixture via the MC.

5. Add the remaining beef stock. Cook 3 min/100 degrees/Speed 3.

6. Add sour cream, mustard, vegemite, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper. Cook 5 min/100 degrees/speed 4

7. Pour the gravy over the meatballs.

8. Garnish with fresh parsley. Serve.

Nutrition Facts

Swedish Meatballs Thermomix Style

Amount Per Serving

Calories 350

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

I served the Swedish meatballs with a huge dollop of creamy mashed potato and some steamed green beans.  The mashed potato was made in the Thermomix and the green beans were placed in the internal basket and cooked whilst the meatballs were being steamed in the Varoma tray.

I hope you enjoy the recipe. I would like to invite you to join a ThermoKitchen Facebook Page. On the facebook page, I share all my new Thermomix recipes with followers, so if you’re looking for some inspiration make sure you stop by and like the page.