Homemade Swedish Meatballs with Sweet Potato Mash (Dairy-Free)
Servings: 4 servings
Tender meatballs smothered in delicious gravy and sweet potato mash is a favorite from kids to adults. The recipe is made without any dairy products. IKEA Swedish meatballs may need to move over!
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Ingredients
For the meatballs:
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 small onion peeled and finely chopped
- 1 lb ground beef this can be a combination of half pork, half beef, or all pork/beef. Your choice
- ¼ cup bread crumbs
- ¼ cup coconut milk or other non-dairy milk of your choice
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ½ tsp nutmeg powder
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder
For the gravy:
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil + oil from cooking onion and beef (or you can use fresh 3 Tbsp of coconut oil)
- 3 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 cup beef broth
- ½ cup coconut cream
Sweet potato mash:
- 1 lb sweet potatoes peeled and cut into large chunks
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder optional
- Salt and pepper to taste
To serve with:
- Traditionally served with lingonberry jam buy a high quality one, not just sugar and extract on the ingredient list, it makes a big difference, but you can use blackcurrant, blueberries or blackberries jam. I used blackberries jam
Instructions
Prepare sweet potato mash:
- Cut the potatoes into cubes. I leave the skin on, you can peel it off if you prefer. Put in a large saucepan or pot and pour in water, just enough to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil and cook until fork-tender. Drain off water and return to the pot. Add coconut oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder (if using) and start mashing while it is still warm. Set aside until when ready to serve
- You can also cook the sweet potatoes in an Instant Pot pressure cooker, which was what I did. Fill up the inner pot with 1 cup of water. Put the cut potatoes on a steaming rack. Close the lid and turn the steam release valve to "sealing". Press "pressure cooker" and on "high pressure". Set timer to 5 minutes and then release pressure immediately. Add coconut oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder (if using) and start mashing while it is still warm. Set aside until when ready to serve
Prepare the meatballs:
- Melt 1 Tbsp of coconut oil. Add onion and stir fry until they are soft and slightly caramelized, about 3-4 minutes. Remove from the pan and set aside to cool down
- In a large mixing bowl, add ground beef and the rest of the ingredients for meatballs. Add the cooked onion. Stir to mix and then use your clean hand to mix into a large mass. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. They are easier to shape into meatballs later
- Take the meatballs out of the refrigerator and wet both of your palms slightly with a bit of water and start shaping into balls and continue to wet your hands as you go and they will not stick to your hands.
- In the same pan that you use to cook the onion, bring the oil back to hot over medium heat. Add the meatballs and let them cook over medium heat until they are golden brown all over. Brown the meatballs in batches and don't crowd the pan or they won't brown properly. Remove the meatballs to a plate
Prepare the gravy:
- Start with a clean pan. I strain the oil that I used to cook the onion and later on meatballs (because this oil already has so much flavor in it, I hate to discard it) to get rid of any bits. Add another 1 Tbsp of coconut oil. Add the all-purpose flour and keep stirring over medium heat until the roux started to turn light golden brown. Take care not to burn the flour
- Add the beef broth. Keep stirring until the sauce is smooth and creamy. After that add the coconut cream and seasonings and keep stirring until it's smooth. If you find the gravy is a bit too thick, you can always thin it with a bit of broth. Have a taste and adjust if necessary
Putting everything together:
- Add the meatballs back into the gravy. Gently stir to coat the meatballs with the gravy. Remove from the heat. Sprinkle with some chopped parsley
Serving:
- Portion out the mashed sweet potatoes, meatballs and smother some gravy on top of sweet potatoes and meatballs. Scoop out some lingonberry to serve with
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