
Nordic Home Cooking · Kid Favorite
Swedish Meatball Pasta
Ingredients
Sauce
Steps
Soak the breadcrumbs in milk, then mix with the ground beef, ground pork, egg, minced onion, salt, and pepper to form a mixture.
~7 min
Why: Soaking the breadcrumbs in milk first makes the meatballs much juicier.
Shape the mixture into bite-sized round balls.
~5 min
Melt butter in a pan and cook the meatballs, rolling them, until browned all over.
~8 min
Watch out: Rolling them too often before they've set breaks the surface apart — wait until one side is cooked before rolling.
Boil the pasta in salted water.
~10 min
In the same pan used for the meatballs, sprinkle in flour and cook briefly, then add the broth, cream, and soy sauce and simmer until thickened into a sauce.
~5 min
Toss the cooked pasta in the sauce.
~2 min
Plate and top with the meatballs.
~1 min
Tips
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The teaspoon of soy sauce is the secret umami booster — don't skip it.
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If the cream sauce is too thick, thin it out with pasta water.
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Serve with lingonberry jam if you have it for an authentic Swedish touch.
Storage
Meatballs and sauce keep refrigerated 3 days, frozen 1 month — cook the pasta fresh right before eating.