My Swedish supper

[Subtle_badger]

This is probably the tastiest beige plate I have eaten since I went low carb.

Swedish meatballs in a rich sauce; sautéed cabbage and leeks;celeriac home fries; redcurrant & blackcurrant sauce.

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(plating my food for photography increases my pleasure, so I have to share the photos with someone. sorry!)

[Subtle_badger]

IKEA shares the recipe for their meatballs... ikea.com/ms/en_SG/pdf/resta...

Warning: that's a pdf download. But it's a pdf download of IKEA meatballs recipe, so everyone who isn't vegetarian should download it!

I'm using a slightly tweaked version from the diet doctor site, which is both low carb and Swedish! dietdoctor.com/recipes/swed...

[lynne0_0 7lbs in reply to Subtle_badger]

Oh I was wondering just what to do with my pork and beef mince for my tea. This has inspired me thank you x

[TheTabbyCat Administrator 10 kg]

Snap for sharing plated food photos!!

That plate looks so satisfying. Were the fries a little bit crunchy or soggy like mine!!

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Subtle_badger in reply to TheTabbyCat]

No, they were tender and buttery, so I didn't mind. Will try again with fresh celeriac. I'd forgotten how small the frozen ones were diced.

[TheTabbyCat Administrator 10 kg in reply to Subtle_badger]

Ah! I didn't realize they were frozen. Mine were fresh,they came out yummy,tender and buttery just not crisp. I haven't seen them at the market recently,if i do them again I'm going to try frying in oil (olive).

[Subtle_badger in reply to TheTabbyCat]

I suspect starch is required for crunch. But don't give up hope!

I used butter and light olive oil

[TheTabbyCat Administrator 10 kg in reply to Subtle_badger]

Well I can get the edges of fried eggs to crunch in oil,I wasn't thinking starch,more heat. I find butter softens.

[Subtle_badger in reply to TheTabbyCat]

I wonder if we are on the same page with what "home fries" are? My mum used to take left over boiled potatoes the next night, cube them and sauté them in butter. Later travelling to the US, I found they were called home fries, which is a great name. They have some crunch, but they are not chips. That's not what I was trying to achieve.

[TheTabbyCat Administrator 10 kg in reply to Subtle_badger]

haha probably not. What you describe is what my Dad (UK) used to define as part of bubble and squeak, the other part was spinach,I can never remember which was which. He definitely didn't fry in butter or oil, probably dripping from the last Sunday roast!

I thought you were trying to make a substitute for pan fried chips (as in chips you get with fish and C) that's what I was looking for!Not Potato crisps which used to come in a bag with a little bag of salt included!,

" Continental" English terms can be sooo different!!🤔

[Subtle_badger in reply to TheTabbyCat]

We are getting further apart. It's nothing like bubble&squeak, it's just plain boiled potato cubes, fried in butter. imagesvc.meredithcorp.io/v3...

I love the name home fries because it's the closest thing a home cook could make to fries/chips without dicking around with a huge vat of oil, at least in the days before oven chips were a thing.

I don't think it had a name in our house. Didn't need one. "I'll fry some potatoes for dinner"

[Sheperdess Maintainer]

It sounds great. I remember drinking lingonberry juice in Sweden. I wonder if those berries make a good sauce too?

[Subtle_badger in reply to Sheperdess]

The sauce should be lingonberry. Dietdoctor suggests cranberry as an alternative. I didn't have either (and both require added sweetener), hence using the berries I had. Added salt, pepper and chilli flakes.

But if you have lingonberries, that's much more authentic.

[Sheperdess Maintainer in reply to Subtle_badger]

Ahh - that’s good to know. I’ve got erythritol and stevia in the cupboard, really only to try out a few different recipes where sweetener is a must but I haven’t tried them yet.