Ikea meatballs

Especially for Mags, who is a Ikea Swedish meatball lover! She's not alone tho' - Singaporeans really love their food. With a new Tampines Ikea branch, they will probably catapult Singapore into the top 5 Ikea cafes in the world in terms of sales! The cafe sales at the current Alexandra outlet already rates it top 20 in the world.

This recipe is reproduced from today's Sunday Times, which they took from the Ikea Real Swedish Food Book, available from the Ikea Food Market.

Ingredients
250g minced beef
250g minced pork
1 egg
2-3 deci-litre cream and water (or use milk and water)
2 1/2 onions, finely chopped
1/2 deci-litre unsweetened rusk flour
2 cold boiled potatoes (about 60g each)
4-5 tbs butter, margarine or oil
salt and pepper to taste

Method
1) Mash potatoes and moisten rusk flour in separate containers.
2) Heat the onions till golden with a few tbs of lightly browned butter
3) Mix and knead all the ingredients into a smooth paste.
4) Shape and form into balls, roughly about the size of 50 cent coins.
5) Pan fry in butter slowly, until golden brown.
6) Serve with Ikea's meatball cream sauce and lingonberry jam.