IKEA shares recipe for its famous meat balls to make at home (2024)

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What is the jam they put on Ikea meatballs? ›

It's lingonberry season and the small sour berries that thrive best in cold climates are ready to be picked. Swedes love eating the jam made from lingonberries with meatballs, mashed potatoes and cream sauce.

For almost 40 years we've been serving up our own very own version of the classic Swedish meatball to hungry IKEA shoppers. Over the years our iconic balls have evolved, but one thing that's never changed is their delicious taste.

If the meatballs are so delicious and so popular, why are they so inexpensive? Like many other things in business, selling inexpensive meatballs is a strategy for the company to turn more profit. To sell their products, they need to get people in the door. To do that, they entice people with cheap meatballs.

Ikea's meatballs are made from minced meat (pork and beef), onions, garlic, breadcrumbs, and milk.

Czech authorities alerted the discount furniture maker that they had found horsemeat in a sample of meatballs, and Ikea subsequently pulled the product from stores in 14 countries.

Ikea stores in U.S., Canada not affected. STOCKHOLM - Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe's widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid suspicions that they contained horse meat. Stores in the U.S. and Canada were not affected, Ikea said.

Iconic Swedish cream sauce: Melt 40 grams of butter in a pan. Whisk in 40 grams of plain flour and stir for two minutes. Add 150 milliliters of vegetable stock and 150 milliliters of beef stock and continue to stir.

IKEA meatballs are quite popular in Scandinavia, known for their taste and affordability. While some people appreciate their flavor, others enjoy them mainly because they are convenient and reasonably priced.

According to lovemoney.com, IKEA sells 150 million meatballs every year. Their bestselling furniture product, on the other hand, has been sold 110 million times since it was offered to the public four decades ago.

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Also, swing by the Swedish Food Market, where you can purchase cured salmon, meatballs, sauces, sweet treats, snacks and more delicious IKEA foods to enjoy at home!

Do IKEA Swedish meatballs have horse meat? ›

Ikea first said that it would not sell or serve any meatballs at its stores in Sweden after the Czech authorities detected horse meat in frozen meatballs that were labeled beef and pork, even though Ikea's own tests two weeks ago had not detected horse DNA.

The sauce for Swedish Meatballs is a creamy gravy that is made with butter, beef broth/stock, thickened with flour and made creamy with cream. But the most important flavour for the a really good creamy gravy is the pan drippings after searing the meatballs.

Swe-Dish Friday - Meatballs meal 8 pieces for £2.45 and 12 pieces for £2.95.

Meatballs should taste like meat. That's why we've seasoned the beef and pork gently with only a few ingredients, every one of them enhancing the meat flavour even more. Easily prepared from frozen in minutes.

Are Ikea meatballs healthy? The meatballs are low in carbs but high in fat content, so while they're not healthy food, Ikea Swedish meatballs can be part of a healthy eating plan when enjoyed in moderation and as an occasional treat.

About the Ikea recipe. The meatball ingredients are pretty standard. They include ground beef, ground pork, onion, garlic, breadcrumbs, egg, milk, salt and pepper.

Beef, Pork, Water, Seasoning (Bread Crumbs [Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose, Yeast, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/Or Cottonseed Oil, Salt], Dextrose, Corn Syrup Solids, Salt, Parmesan Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Spices, Garlic Powder, Parsley Flakes, Dried Onion), Textured Soy Flour, ...