Swedish Meatballs (A Family Recipe!) 🇸🇪 gluten free & keto
These gluten free and keto Swedish meatballs are a terrific spinoff of a family recipe. Think juicy and incredibly flavorful meatballs, bathed in a creamy and luscious gravy!
This is a keto spinoff of a traditional family recipe for Swedish meatballs (not my family, we’re Dutch/Mexican!… but a friend’s grandmothers recipe). And let me tell you that it’s as legit as they come.
GLUTEN FREE & KETO SWEDISH MEATBALLS
COURSE: MAIN CUISINE: EUROPEAN KEYWORD: GLUTEN FREE, GRAIN FREE, KETO, LOW CARB PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES COOK TIME: 20 MINUTES TOTAL TIME: 40 MINUTES SERVINGS:
6
CALORIES: 399 KCAL
These gluten free and keto Swedish meatballs are a terrific spinoff of a traditional family recipe. Think juicy and incredibly flavorful meatballs, bathed in a creamy and luscious gravy!
INGREDIENTS
4 tablespoons grass-fed butter divided
1 medium white onion finely copped
500 g ground beef chuck works great!*
1/4 cup almond flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 egg lightly beaten
1/2 cup heavy cream divided
extra virgin olive oil for cooking
1-2 cups beef broth to taste**
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/2-1 teaspoon arrowroot powder or 1/4 tsp konjac (glucomannan) powder
SERVING SUGGESTIONS
mashed cauliflower
METRIC - US Cups
INSTRUCTIONS
Melt a tablespoon of butter in a skillet or pan over medium heat. Add the onion, a pinch of salt, and sauté until it just begins to caramelize (6-8 minutes). Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
Add the ground meat, almond flour, salt, spices, cooked onion, egg and 2 tablespoons of heavy cream to a large bowl. Mix everything thoroughly together using your hands and form into rounds (either 20 small-is ones or 14 large).
Heat up a touch of olive oil in your skillet over medium heat and cook the meatballs until brown all over and cooked through. You'll want to turn them around a few times so they cook evenly. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil while you make the sauce.
Add the remaining butter to the skillet and cook until it begins to brown (don't clean the meatball remnants as they add the flavor to the sauce!). Add in the broth, remaining heavy cream and mustard to deglaze the pan. Allow to simmer for a couple minutes and make a slurry out of your thickener of choice (i.e. mix it with a couple tablespoons of cold water prior to adding it to avoid clumping). Continue to simmer until the sauce just begins to thicken and taste for seasoning.