Köttbullar: How to make real Swedish meatballs

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Ikea may have made them famous all over the world, but köttbullar existed before the furniture store was founded. Swedish meatballs are usually served with a special sauce, mashed potatoes, cucumber salad and lingonberries. We traveled to Gothenburg to learn more about the recipe of Sweden's national dish. But do they really come from Sweden? Let's find out.
CREDITS
Report: Jens von Larcher
Camera: Christina Karliczek Skoglund
Edit: Thorsten Wagner
Supervising editor: Ruben Kalus
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:23 A Swedish staple
01:40 The ingredients
02:47 How to make Köttbullar
03:44 The sauce
04:06 The orgins of Swedish meatballs
#swedishmeatballs #köttbullar #sweden
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  • @affexxe
    @affexxe9 ай бұрын

    To all americans out there. Lingon berry jam or raw mixed lingon berries can't be replaced with cranberries. Sorry🙃

  • @per-olamjomark7452

    @per-olamjomark7452

    9 ай бұрын

    And Swedish "ansjovis" is normally translated to English as anchovies, but they are rather different to Mediterranean anchovies. Really they are little sprats and they are normally cured in a spiced brine and sold as fillets in tins, but you can also get whole sprats in glass jars. Ansjovis have a sweeter, milder taste than Mediterranean anchovies, so they are not really interchangeable in recipes.

  • @Lucinda_Jackson

    @Lucinda_Jackson

    5 ай бұрын

    🙄

  • @soavemusica

    @soavemusica

    2 ай бұрын

    Cranberries are not inferior, sorry. I also wonder whether the potato is about texture and good food, or just accommodating a special diet.

  • @soavemusica

    @soavemusica

    2 ай бұрын

    @@per-olamjomark7452 Anchovies, as well as cranberries, are arguably both superior ingredients, so...The potatoes are highly dubious. Fresh bread-crumbs probably work better.

  • @RcAddict88

    @RcAddict88

    Ай бұрын

    Facts

  • @HerrBrutal-bl2fk
    @HerrBrutal-bl2fk3 ай бұрын

    1. Anchovies are seldom used in the sauce 2. Meatballs are often served without any sauce whatsoever (for instance on a traditional smörgåsbord and julbord) 3. Swedish cookbooks written prior to the reign of Charles XII include meatballs

  • @bekirilkyaz2368
    @bekirilkyaz23687 ай бұрын

    I like them when i go to Ikea, and i am sure that they would make it even better in Sweden. Greetings from Turkey.

  • @per-olamjomark7452
    @per-olamjomark74529 ай бұрын

    Swedish "ansjovis" is normally translated to English as anchovies, but they are rather different to Mediterranean anchovies. Really they are little sprats and they are normally cured in a spiced brine and sold as fillets in tins. Ansjovis have a sweeter, milder taste than Mediterranean anchovies, so they are not really interchangeable in recipes.

  • @ismaela.6973

    @ismaela.6973

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the clarification. I am going to make it with regular anchovies to aid the saltines:)

  • @TwoHands95

    @TwoHands95

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes, very important! Do not make this mistake! What the English-speaking world calls Anchovies are instead called 'sardeller' in Swedish.

  • @lilacscentedfushias1852

    @lilacscentedfushias1852

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you for that gem of information 😀 as a person who doesn’t know much at all about Swedish food (except ikea) I would have never known that 😀

  • @j.d.4697

    @j.d.4697

    6 ай бұрын

    That does sound better...

  • @micheleemcdaniel389

    @micheleemcdaniel389

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the tip. I thought they looked much wider than the kind I am used to.

  • @ardiris2715
    @ardiris27159 ай бұрын

    Replacing bread crumbs with mashed potatoes. This is a gamechanger for me. (:

  • @missdenisebee

    @missdenisebee

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes! My mind is kinda blown…I’ve just never thought of trying that before.

  • @mohammaddavoudian7897
    @mohammaddavoudian78975 ай бұрын

    Those fantastic contrasts must produce an absolutely great taste. It really looks delicious.

  • @nick1lvov
    @nick1lvov2 ай бұрын

    With great appreciation and admiration of wonderful Swedish master! Everything is just perfect! I will try to reproduce the meatballs exactly as they are described. The details are given very carefully and openly. Special Thank you for uplifting manner of presentation. With the very best wishes, Yelena, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

  • @jivepatrol6833
    @jivepatrol68333 ай бұрын

    Nice!!! I shall try the recipe ... thank you!

  • @pvoshefski
    @pvoshefski8 ай бұрын

    Awesome that it's a very cross cultural dish! My Polish grandfather made an amazing version of Swedish meatballs that he served in his tavern.

  • @lqr824

    @lqr824

    6 ай бұрын

    pretty much everything is cross-cultural. Potatoes (in this recipe), along with tomatoes, corn, and bell peppers are from the Americas and there was not even one in Europe until 1500 or so.

  • @yankeejade
    @yankeejade2 ай бұрын

    Great video! How did he make the bouillon sauce? There are many different varieties.

  • @j.d.4697
    @j.d.46976 ай бұрын

    I know Spanish households that make big meatballs with lots of onion, so another possible link to ME cuisine, and the onions make a huge difference.

  • @Aibouify
    @Aibouify9 ай бұрын

    A tip is to grate the onion instead of shopping it :)

  • @j.d.4697

    @j.d.4697

    6 ай бұрын

    But then they lose so much juice and overcook faster.

  • @Temptation666

    @Temptation666

    Ай бұрын

    no thanks. Grating is what you do when you want to disguise the onion so the kids don't know they are in. Grownups eat them chopped

  • @kevinn1158
    @kevinn11589 ай бұрын

    My god, he sounds just like the Swedish chef from the Muppets!!

  • @gaurangkarmakar4046

    @gaurangkarmakar4046

    4 ай бұрын

    Bork Bork Bork???

  • @kevinn1158

    @kevinn1158

    4 ай бұрын

    @@gaurangkarmakar4046 oh yah Bork!!

  • @mrfitz96

    @mrfitz96

    Ай бұрын

    @kevinn1158. The Swedish Chef from the Muppets is actually Norwegian. Not a lot of people know that.

  • @kevinn1158

    @kevinn1158

    Ай бұрын

    @@mrfitz96 Dang really????

  • @mrfitz96

    @mrfitz96

    Ай бұрын

    @@kevinn1158 I know, mind blown right? But despite his name he has a very clear & obvious Norwegian accent

  • @tech1media842
    @tech1media8423 ай бұрын

    where can I find this recipe?

  • @lilacscentedfushias1852
    @lilacscentedfushias18529 ай бұрын

    Dishes like this we’re probably created by many, many people. I seriously doubt just one person thought to make meatballs, chicken fried in batter or breadcrumbs. I’m rather partial to Swedish style meatballs, I can’t stand meatloaf and meatballs in a tomato based sauce don’t tickle my tastebuds

  • @BillyraycyrusIII
    @BillyraycyrusIII8 ай бұрын

    What a beautiful culture.

  • @yonghoju
    @yonghoju9 ай бұрын

    Anchovy sauce would really make it a wild experience. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @lqr824
    @lqr8246 ай бұрын

    1:35 byork byork byork!

  • @freudvibes10
    @freudvibes109 ай бұрын

    Love DW Food Channel. Deep respect for every traditional food, just wanted to say that nothing beats my Albanian mom's meatballs.❤ Much love to you all people!

  • @philippedevienne9659

    @philippedevienne9659

    6 ай бұрын

    Never compete with someone’s mom or grandmother 😉 it always come with a side of unconditional love

  • @Clara-cy1rj
    @Clara-cy1rj4 ай бұрын

    Omg I'm hungry now and its midnight i need to sleep😢

  • @axelwiren337
    @axelwiren3379 ай бұрын

    Uhm... Actually pea soup is swedens national dish. Meatballs are just more famous.

  • @markwarnberg9504

    @markwarnberg9504

    8 ай бұрын

    Swedish pea soup goes back to the 30 years war if not longer. It was the standing diet for the Swedish army.

  • @daniellozano8057
    @daniellozano805716 күн бұрын

    As decadent as that recipe sounds, it's totally a special occasion dish.

  • @tumppi121
    @tumppi1215 ай бұрын

    What makes this swedish?

  • @Haupialani
    @Haupialani3 ай бұрын

    I didn't understand the sauce. Is it BOULLION and cream? Black currant jelly and anchovies?

  • @maroon2k

    @maroon2k

    Ай бұрын

    There's a few mistranslations here, Swedish ansjovis are NOT anchovies, they're not the same fish and they're pickled very differently. Just skip the ansjovis (and DON'T use anchovies!), it's very uncommon and not normally used. She said bouillon, what you want is veal stock or beef stock. Black currant jelly (just a little), butter, cream, a dash of soy sauce, and all the stuff left in the pan where you fried the meatballs.

  • @elvenkind6072
    @elvenkind60729 ай бұрын

    Wow, first impression: What a great Scandinavian pronunciation of meatballs. The same would work in Norway, and nobody would say "what?" or "what did you say?"

  • @johnnyadler1013
    @johnnyadler10132 ай бұрын

    Yes! And I don't think the turks uses pork meet.

  • @gergk5
    @gergk54 ай бұрын

    Did I miss the part with someone complaining & why do some cultures have a hard time giving credit to others?

  • @MarkSu88
    @MarkSu885 ай бұрын

    I heard these were made with humans that never found the exit at ikea?

  • @petejames1326
    @petejames13269 ай бұрын

    im so proud of my european heritage, i love meatballs be they italian or german or swedish

  • @baaa-uq8du

    @baaa-uq8du

    4 ай бұрын

    İts from Ottomans "Köfte"

  • @petejames1326

    @petejames1326

    4 ай бұрын

    @@baaa-uq8du please there is no need for your conspiracy theories

  • @baaa-uq8du

    @baaa-uq8du

    4 ай бұрын

    @@petejames1326 swedish government confirmed XII.Karl Stole once he was a Guest 🤡

  • @fashiondiva99
    @fashiondiva999 ай бұрын

    I love meatballs but hate onions! Is it possible to use shallots and garlic instead?

  • @annakolisnychenko3071

    @annakolisnychenko3071

    9 ай бұрын

    Shallots and garlic in the meatballs should be good, they will add some sweet and garlic taste to the meatballs.

  • @affexxe

    @affexxe

    9 ай бұрын

    Not garlic but shallots works just fine. Dont know why you would like shallots but not onion though as its also an onion😂 just a bit more delicate

  • @resorband

    @resorband

    8 ай бұрын

    Shred the onions and don't fry them. Also use less. You won't notice the onion flavor the same way and they blend in

  • @resorband

    @resorband

    7 ай бұрын

    @@tekinsal8396 yes they should. why tf would you even put it in there otherwise? Use shredded raw onions. they'll cook but add more flavor to the meat. COOK WELL

  • @maroon2k

    @maroon2k

    Ай бұрын

    Absolutely, shallots should be excellent but you want just a hint of garlic, a tad too much and it's not Swedish meatballs!

  • @Tuzganaq
    @Tuzganaq8 ай бұрын

    For me, it looks like a Scandinavian version of Köfte. 😊

  • @thefreedomguyuk

    @thefreedomguyuk

    7 ай бұрын

    Abi, it's the other way round 😊

  • @j.d.4697

    @j.d.4697

    6 ай бұрын

    What's different?

  • @Kokkikoulussa
    @Kokkikoulussa6 ай бұрын

    Köfte is those Mother called...

  • @bfrost7
    @bfrost76 ай бұрын

    wow, the swedish chef was perfect parody i guess

  • @morrikai
    @morrikaiАй бұрын

    The question about köttbullars origine as turkish was at least very fast concluded to be false and made up by a turkish immegrant that had given the responsbilty for the official Sweidhs twitter acount. Since several recipe for köttbullar that is over 100 yeras older than Karl xii exist in Sewden. However if they were based on older recipe or of french/italian origin was never really resolved.

  • @flargosa
    @flargosaАй бұрын

    Don’t want to be disrespectful to the Swedish heritage, but the iKea meat balls taste all right. I would pick Thai food or Texas bbq over the meatballs.

  • @maroon2k

    @maroon2k

    Ай бұрын

    Ikea is a furniture store, not a restaurant. Their meatballs can't be compared to properly cooked ones. Of course it's absolutely ok to prefer Thai or Texan food. But if you've only eaten at Ikea you haven't really tried proper Swedish food.

  • @johnnyll91
    @johnnyll912 ай бұрын

    I dont like the raw onion especially diced If raw, grate it If diced fri it first❤

  • @georgewbushcenterforintell147
    @georgewbushcenterforintell1477 ай бұрын

    Don't care I love meatballs from all over the world . Nothing beats a meatball and pesto sandwich.

  • @johnhamond6379
    @johnhamond63797 ай бұрын

    Well, it's meatball in general not Swedish but now surely it's a Swedish dish.

  • @micheltibon6552
    @micheltibon65529 ай бұрын

    I was watching the video after, but after 1.5 minutes I was thinking noooo we ( I am Dutch Indonesian) do it better! A quick search on Indonesian meatball Goreng or Bakso Bakar and I found lots of examples on the internet and on KZread. Give the search a try. Must admit the small meatballs in Italian tomato sauce is also a favourite of mine. I love a big meatball with mashed potatoes!

  • @Rikard_A
    @Rikard_A7 ай бұрын

    Det är inte en nationalrätt. Det är väldigt populär rätt.

  • @fiorarosa1090
    @fiorarosa10909 ай бұрын

    complaining about Sweden having meatballs from Turkey is like complaining about Italy having pasta from China. Ridiculous!

  • @resorband

    @resorband

    8 ай бұрын

    It's not from there. It MAY have drawn some inspiration from köfte but sweden has had meatballs longer than that

  • @Neilos-sd6ti

    @Neilos-sd6ti

    8 ай бұрын

    Meatballs arent really something so hard and unique to think about. Its just a ball of fried meat. Romans already made pasta sheets altough it wasnt very popular so pasta doesnt come from china, it appeared in multiple places and just developed independently

  • @Rikard_A

    @Rikard_A

    7 ай бұрын

    Köttbullarna inte från Turkiet inte heller Itwlien sedan de är gjorda på helt olika sätt och äts på helt olika sätt. Pasta är inte sammasak som nudlar.

  • @Shadow962775

    @Shadow962775

    7 ай бұрын

    I really do hate when people seem to want to "copyright" a food item or preparation. People in America even try to attribute "barbecue" to specific cultures, as if smoking or grilling meat is something nobody in the world thought to do until so and so did it pretty recently in historical terms. If meatballs are made and served a certain way in Sweden, and we all associate this style of meatball, then they are a Swedish dish, regardless of who else has or had something similar. It seems to me a cheap attempt at deconstruction to attack national cultures, or a "gotcha" of some sort. I apologize if I'm making this political, but the "x food is exclusively owned by y people and you must praise them every time you eat it" crowd are pretty much always motivated by resentment against the country where they live. American food products and styles have had an influence in South Korea and Japan, for example, yet I would never say "this budae-jjigae has hot dogs and spam in it, so it's American, and not legitimately Korean," because that could only be a shallow and pathetic attempt to "own" Koreans.

  • @DannyRiley-vx9se

    @DannyRiley-vx9se

    7 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, the Vikings in the 700s, famous for their meatballs. Lmao@@resorband

  • @MichaelBoyce-tm2vw
    @MichaelBoyce-tm2vw8 ай бұрын

    Ours is spicier and served with potatoes.

  • @Fred-ck1gh

    @Fred-ck1gh

    4 ай бұрын

    Swedish meatballs are served with potatoes or mash potatoes, but ours are not spicy!

  • @ottomatic3123
    @ottomatic31237 ай бұрын

    I always quadruple the gravy/sauce portion of recipes. Animal flesh is overrated. The sauce IS the BOSS.

  • @Nikkolina88

    @Nikkolina88

    6 ай бұрын

    It’s all about the sauce!!!! I’m always wishing there was extra, great idea!

  • @BeaglefreilaufKalkar
    @BeaglefreilaufKalkarКүн бұрын

    Köttbullar are okay, a comfort food, nice, but let’s not kid ourselves they are the height of Swedish cuisine or any cuisine. Like meatloaf isnt the best food the USA have to offer, or Bitterballen from the Netherlands. Nice food, but there is so much beter

  • @pvtmalo3217
    @pvtmalo32176 ай бұрын

    Is this some AI voice? wooot so strange

  • @DEXTER-TV-series
    @DEXTER-TV-series9 ай бұрын

    Yes, I tried it in IKEA. It is bad.

  • @affexxe

    @affexxe

    9 ай бұрын

    Ofcourse its bad if you eat it at IKEA. The best isn't at any big restaurant & definately not at a fkng furniture store but homemade as we make it or small lunch restaurants here in sweden

  • @DEXTER-TV-series

    @DEXTER-TV-series

    9 ай бұрын

    @@affexxe maybe you are right. 😉

  • @markwarnberg9504

    @markwarnberg9504

    8 ай бұрын

    These guys don´t think so: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o5ymybusgbbfe6w.html

  • @frusen_sol
    @frusen_sol9 ай бұрын

    turkey instead of pork and its yummy

  • @resorband

    @resorband

    8 ай бұрын

    Turkey is dry and lacks flavor. The pork makes it juicy and helps shape the meatballs nicely

  • @blankblank9819
    @blankblank98195 ай бұрын

    According to IKEA they're made with horse meat 🍖 😂

  • @exenderlloyd7750
    @exenderlloyd77509 ай бұрын

    PLEASE stop saying köttbullar every time. Meatballs is a word. You're butchering the language worse than a Peruvian speaking Tagalog

  • @robzsarmy5471
    @robzsarmy54719 ай бұрын

    Sweden has worse cuisine than the british but Swedish meatballs are very nice

  • @BigmanDogs

    @BigmanDogs

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes Scandinavia might have the worst cousine on earth.

  • @robzsarmy5471

    @robzsarmy5471

    9 ай бұрын

    @@BigmanDogs I dont know for world but for Europe they do especially Iceland .

  • @BigmanDogs

    @BigmanDogs

    9 ай бұрын

    @@robzsarmy5471 Outside of europe I would say places like Mongolia and pacific islands have quite bad food due to lacking access to spices and ingredients etc.

  • @resorband

    @resorband

    8 ай бұрын

    you haven't had swedish food even. Also polish food exists

  • @thefreedomguyuk

    @thefreedomguyuk

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@BigmanDogsFood in Denmark and Finland is actually decent. Simple but good. Sweden and Norway have abysmal cuisine. Norway is worst 😮

  • @malackaraj
    @malackaraj2 ай бұрын

    I thought kebab is the traditional Swedish food...

  • @DavidMonico-lh5tv
    @DavidMonico-lh5tv8 ай бұрын

    It is pronouced 'ikea' not 'aikia' !!!!

  • @Finnish_Man
    @Finnish_Man9 ай бұрын

    finnish meatballs much better

  • @per-olamjomark7452

    @per-olamjomark7452

    9 ай бұрын

    Go home Finland - you are drunk ;)

  • @thefreedomguyuk

    @thefreedomguyuk

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@per-olamjomark7452Finns can hold their drink. Swedes are passing out by 22.30 😂

  • @lqr824
    @lqr8246 ай бұрын

    1:48 why are you showing us pictures of eggs, just get to the point, have more respect for your viewers' time please. EDIT: you don't even give an example recipe. Total waste of time. Whoever made this video should be fired.

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