- Hand Mixer: Perfect for efficiently combining ingredients when making meatballs to ensure a consistent mixture which is crucial for achieving the right texture.
- Digital Kitchen Scale: Providing precise measurements can significantly improve recipes, including Swedish meatballs where ratios are important for flavor and texture.
- Medium Sauté Pan: Ideal for browning meatballs before simmering them in sauce or adding to dishes like with lingonberry jam (a popular accompaniment for Swedish meatballs).
- Stainless Steel Meat Tenderizer: Helps break down the fibers of tougher cuts of meat, making it easier to form tender and consistent meatballs.
- Non-stick Frying Pan or Skillet: Useful for cooking vegetables like onions and mushrooms which are often sautéed as part of the Swedish meatball recipe's preparation process.
- Chef Knife: Essential in all aspects of meal preparation, including cutting ingredients to the proper size for your meatball mixture or vegetables for a side dish.
- Food Processor with Slicing Blade: Can be used for quickly mincing onions and garlic as part of prepping ingredients.
- Meat Grinder (optional): While not strictly necessary, using a meat grinder can help create more consistent small pieces of meat when making your own meatballs from scratch.
- Electric Mixer with Dough Attachment: Useful for mixing breadcrumb-based components in some variations of Swedish meatball recipes or similar dishes requiring well-blended ingredients.
- Large Pot or Casserole: For simmering the meatballs in a sauce, typically featuring cream and possibly vegetables like onions and mushrooms as mentioned earlier.
- Ovenproof Baking Dish: Useful for baking Swedish meatballs if you're preparing them with breadcrumbs or potatoes as part of the dish (though this is less traditional).
1 pound ground beef
3/4 cup bread crumbs, soaked in 1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 small onion, grated and drained
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 tablespoons flour (any kind)
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup sour cream
Lingonberry or cranberry sauce (optional)
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