Swedish Meatballs (Kottbullar)

These are indeed great Swedish Meatballs! I have never seen The touch of Soy sauce used but it is very good. I think one secret of good Swedish meat balls is to have the ground meat very finely ground - I had my butcher do it especially for me. I did cut back on the heavy cream and only used milk (I know that means it is not authentic but I do have to watch that fat). Next time I will double the meat ball recipe and frezze them then just make the sauce when I want to serve them. As you said also great appetizers (made small) Thanks Andre

Without stating that msBerglund is wrong, I've never encountered dill in meatballs. Dill is something we in Sweden use for fish and sometimes in stews. Dill may be delicious, but for honest, I've never seen it in any Swedish recipe. As for the soy sauce, there's a history to it: In Sweden, until abt. 1940, we had no gastronomy whatsoever. Then the "guru" of Swedish gastronomy, dr Tore Wretman, started to influence the Swedish recipes with foreign influences and hence the soy sauce, which is actually just a substitute for a properly made beef stock.

These were very funny tasting. Granted, I have been eating Swedish meatballs my whole life and I have a very particular idea of how they should taste. I really did not like the soy sauce. If Goddess had meant for soy sauce to be in this recipe she would have called them Chinese meatballs. I think that this recipe would have been vastly improved by substituting crushed dill for soy sauce. I am pretty sure that dill is supposed to be in all authentic Swedish meatball recipes. Dill is an absolute must-have for my family's meatball recipe, and they brought it over on the boat with them. Soy sauce, on the other hand, is not a Swedish cooking staple so far as I know. I do like Asian cuisine, but not in my ancestral dishes! Swedish meatballs without dill are just meatballs, and meatballs with soy sauce in them are just odd-tasting. The omission of dill and inclusion of a stir-fry ingredient casts serious doubt on this recipe's claim of genuine Swedish-ness, in my opinion. I will continue making my old family recipe.

I was born in Stockholm and raised in Nebraska (SWEDISH COUNTRY!!!). I have had authentic, homemade, old country style swedish meatballs and this recipe is one of the best!!! Of course, I made my own variations to seasoning. In regards to the poster about Dill.. YUCK!!! I would never put dill in my meatballs, .. neither would my grandmother, my mother... and so on and so forth. Soya sauce has been used in Swedish Meatballs for a long time. It adds a great taste. Swedish seasonings and herbs are very limited. The scandinavian countries do not have very many native plants that stay fresh year around. thus the need to import! I think this recipe is fantastic!! Tack så mycket

These were wonderful! They tasted similar to the meatballs that i used to buy in Europe from Ikea, but better! Thanks for giving us a true Swedish recipe!