Swedish Meatball Sandwich
"For my final exam in one of my culinary classes, we had to create a sandwich that reflected a culture which we had some familiarity with. I'm of Swedish decent, and so decided to make an open faced Swedish meatball sandwich. This is the result, and I passed the exam with full points. I use the meatballs from my recipe #367918, but if you don't feel like making them from scratch, use a Swedish meatball that is easy for you. Don't use an Italian meatball, the flavor profile is entirely different. FYI- The exam I originally made this for required the use of chicken, so I subbed ground chicken thigh for the meats in the recipe I noted above. Feel free to do so if you'd like, it still tasted authentic as the seasonings were true to the original."
photo by LifeIsGood
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
1
ingredients
- 59.14 ml pickled beet, chopped
- 29.57 ml apple, coarsley grated
- 14.79 ml red onion, finely chopped
- 14.79-29.58 ml creme fraiche (sub sour cream if needed)
- 2.46 ml beet juice (from the jar of pickled beets)
- salt and pepper
- 1 slice whole-grain bread (use a good dense bread for this)
- butter
- 236.59 ml mixed salad green
- 4-5 swedish meatballs, sliced crosswise
directions
- Place the beets, apple, onion, crème fraîche, beet juice, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix together gently with a spoon until well combined.
- Lightly butter the bread slice and place the salad greens on it.
- Top with the beet salad.
- Place the sliced meatballs on top of the beet salad.
- Serve immediately, with a knife and fork.
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This was a really yummy way to finish off the leftover Swedish meatballs I had in the fridge. I used homemade Swedish limpia bread as the base for this delicious open-faced sandwich. The beet relish/apple, etc... mixture was excellent! Thank you. Made for the Soup-A-Stars during ZWT9
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I live near Seattle, WA with my husband of 11 years and our pet ferrets.
We're lucky enough to own a home with a big, south facing yard which is great for entertaining. It also allows me to have a big vegetable garden where I grow most of my own herbs and a lot of the vegetables we eat in the summer, as well as a bunch to share with family and friends.
In my professional life, I'm an accountant- but what I really love to do is cook and eat! Most of my ability is self-taught. I love to experiment with new recipes and techniques, most of which I get from watching way too much food tv and reading foodie magazines.
Recently I decided to start a personal chef business and have cooked for a few clients. I love the challenge of designing a menu to fit a family's specific tastes and needs, and then cooking it for them to enjoy.
For me, cooking is an expression of love. Everyone needs to eat, but food is more than just fuel for the body, it can nurture and comfort ~ give us a memory from childhood, or a retreat when we feel ill. I always think of the people who I'm cooking for when I make a dish, and there is no better compliment than when someone enjoys the food I've made especially for them.
I also like to do OAMC- style cooking, but instead of using it mainly to get dinner on the table, I focus on getting lunch in the bag! Eating out is far too expensive in both dollars and nutrition to make a habit of, yet I want a hot, satisfying meal to enjoy in the middle of the day. Cookin ahead allows me to have great food, without sacrificing either my dollars or my waistline.
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