11 Reviews of Swedish Meatballs With Lingonberry or Cranberry Sauce

From: twissis

On Feb 6, 2008

This is truly wonderful & I had so much fun making it. The sauces star here & shine brightly. No lingonberries (sigh), so I used cranberries but a diff variety than suggested. I used the dried variety, plumped them in H20 & used the liquid, lemon juice & zest + sugar. This made a lovely sweet sauce w/a chunky preserve texture that was great w/the meatballs. The meatballs stayed perfectly formed during cooking & their own sauce was great w/the use of the dill, but the 2 sauces together were a taste sensation! I served this w/garlic butter parslied potatoes & we loved it! Thx for sharing your recipe.

From: Chef #576314

On Sep 1, 2007

We just tried this tonight and I don't think I need to look any further for a swedish meatball recipe...this was very, very tasty. I loved the flavors of the dill, allspice and brown bread (I used rye). I may cut back a bit on the oil or butter next time and I did need to simmer the meatballs for longer than indicated.

From: Shannon W.

On Jun 25, 2007

You can buy ready-made Lingonberry jam at IKEA if you are unable to find lingonberries.

From: strawberrybird

On Apr 19, 2008

I made these yesterday with a few modifications. Unfortunately, I ended up with a migraine and couldn't enjoy them but everyone else assures me they were marvelous! The best meatballs ever! I needed to cook them earlier than we were going to eat, so I fried them over high heat to sear the outside, made the sauce, and then dumped the half-cooked meatballs and sauce into the crockpot. I set them on high for about 2 hours, then switched them to warm. They sat about another 30-45 minutes. Supposedly they came out perfect.

From: kiwidutch

On Jun 18, 2007

10 Stars!!! Wonderful dish and added bonus I FINIALLY found a fruit that DH really likes: Lingonberries! We were in Stockholm a week ago and had Swedish meatballs in a restaurant, this recipe is similar, but still different somehow. That said these were yummy and DH really approved, especially with the lingonberries which he piled onto his plate! (we bought 6 jars back with us!!)Amazingly this miracle means that he is now willing ( well, forced LOL) to make a visit the shop he hates most on the planet: IKEA, only becuase they are only place where we can obtain Lingonberries here in the Netherlands. (I laughed until I cried over that one!!!) Allspice is essential in the dish as is the dill (I had to use dried) and while I was sceptical that the dill would fit into these flavours it really did and is also essentual. We served this with mashed potatoes and peas and of course Lingonberries !!! Please see my Rating system: 5 mega excellent stars for a brilliant recipe. Thanks!

From: Caroline Cooks

On Jun 23, 2007

This has fantastic flavors; love love, love it, FT...The, in my case, cranberries really add to the dish. Excellent recipe!! Made for ZWT3.

From: westivan

On Jun 25, 2007

This was delicious - leaves the frozen ones I've had at Ikea for dead LOL. I used cranberry sauce I had in the fridge instead of making my own and added about a tsp to the sauce while it was finishing off as I found it a little bland. Just me eating tonight so I froze the extra cooked meatballs for another night instead of adding them back into the sauce. Made for ZWT3.

From: Annie Dangerous

On Nov 22, 2009

This recipe was phenomenal. Meatballs were melt-in-your-mouth good! I totally spaced on adding dill to the sauce, but it was still great without it. And lingenberries are TOUGH to find in these parts-- I couldn't even find them at IKEA! So I had to "settle" for cranberries.

From: ~Rita~

On Jun 28, 2007

Swedish MeatballsI cheated! I used Swedish Meatballs for the meatballs which is very similar to these but I added some sour cream and fresh dill to the sauce. I found lingonberries jam in my supermarket which kicked these up really lovely!

From: Cheryl B.

On Sep 26, 2008

I am so happy to have a Swedish Meatball recipe that tastes really authentic. I had a bit of a problem converting from metric, but my husband took care of that for me. I am part Scandinavian, and my dad was very impressed by them. I had to run to Ikea to get the ligonberry preserves, as these are not a readily available item here. I shall make these a staple item when I have a get-together, and want to impress guests with something different than Teriyaki meatballs, and cocktail franks! Thanks so much for posting a truly wonderful recipe.