Swedish cranberry meatballs

Swedish cranberry meatballs

Make Scandinavian-style meatballs flecked with fruit and serve with a lingonberry dip

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 25

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

plus chilling
Freezable

Method

  1. Heat half the oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and cook gently until soft, then add the mace and cook for 1 min more. Cool.
  2. Put the mince into a bowl with the cooled onion, cranberries, egg yolk and plenty of seasoning. Mix well with your hands, then shape into walnut-sized balls. Chill for at least 10 mins or up to 2 days.
  3. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pour the remaining oil into a baking tray and roll the meatballs in it to coat. Bake for 20 mins until cooked through. Serve hot with the berry sauce for dipping.

PER MEATBALL

69 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, sugar 3g, salt 0 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2013.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 25

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 15 mins

plus chilling
Freezable

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 onion , finely diced
  • ½ tsp ground mace
  • 500g minced beef
  • 100g dried cranberries
  • 1 egg yolk
  • cranberry or lingonberry sauce, to serve
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PER MEATBALL

69 kcalories, protein 4g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 4 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 0g, sugar 3g, salt 0 g

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