Meatball#Meatballs across various cultures

Köttbullar ( pronunciation in Swedish: [ ɕœtbɵl ː ar] ) are traditional Swedish meatballs, which are fried served with cranberry sauce or jam, cream sauce and potatoes or mashed potatoes. They are very popular with children. Astrid Lindgren gave them a literary monument to a favorite dish of their children's fictional character " Karlsson on the Roof ". In Finland, hot Köttbullar Lihapyörykät or Lihapullat.

Prepared they are, like meatballs, from finely minced ground beef - in Sweden and Finland also occasionally from moose meat -, egg, bread crumbs and onions. Here, the bread crumbs are soaked with milk or cream, the finely chopped onions are sautéed before incorporation. Seasoned them with salt, pepper and allspice, and possibly also some ginger powder. After the meatballs were fried in butter can be made ​​from the pan drippings a cream sauce.

Worldwide Köttbullar are mainly known through the self-service restaurants in the Swedish furniture chain Ikea market. In many supermarkets, they can now be found " meatballs meatballs " under the term.