Meals · Skillet & sheet-pan mains
Keto Swedish-style meatballs in cream gravy
Tender meatballs of beef and pork browned in butter, spiced with allspice and nutmeg and bound with almond flour in place of breadcrumbs. They finish in a smooth cream gravy with a little mustard, thick enough to coat them without a spoonful of flour.
- Time
- 55 min (20 prep + 35 cook)
- Servings
- 4
- Per serving
- 461 kcal
- Protein
- 34 g
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter, divided
Meatballs
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, divided
Meatballs
- 1 large egg
- 1/3 lb pork mince
- 1/2 tsp ground allspice
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Gravy
- 1 1/2 cups beef broth
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp tamari
- 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Steps
- Melt 1/2 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium heat and soften the onion for 4–5 minutes. Tip into a mixing bowl and let it cool a little.
- Stir the almond flour and 2 tablespoons of the cream into the onion and let it stand for 5 minutes. Add the egg, both meats, the allspice, nutmeg, salt and pepper, and mix gently until just combined. Roll into about 24 balls, 4 cm (1 1/2 inches) across.
- Melt the remaining butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Brown the meatballs in two batches, 6–8 minutes, shaking the pan so they roll and color on all sides. Lift onto a plate.
- Pour the broth into the pan and scrape up the brown bits. Stir in the Dijon and tamari and simmer 3 minutes. Whisk hard as you sprinkle in the xanthan gum so no lumps form, then stir in the remaining cream.
- Return the meatballs and simmer gently, covered, for 8–10 minutes, until they reach 160°F in the middle and the gravy coats a spoon. Scatter with parsley. Keeps 4 days in the fridge and freezes 3 months in the gravy.
Good to know
Can I use only beef?
Yes. Replace the pork with the same weight of beef, at about the same score. Pork is what gives them their softness, so take care not to overmix.
What goes with them?
Cauliflower mash and a spoon of sugar-free lingonberry or a few pickled cucumbers keep it close to how they are served in Sweden.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 186
- Protein
- (30%)
- 14 g
- Fat
- (67%)
- 14 g
- Carbohydrates
- (3%)
- 2 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 427 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1843 kcal goes into the pot and 1265 g of ingredients comes out as about 990 g of food: 186 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.