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Swedish-style elk meatballs (älgtbullar)

Swedish-style elk meatballs (älgtbullar)

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Swedish meatballs made with reindeer meat and a blend of breadcrumbs, milk, and sparkling water, pan-fried like traditional meatballs, served with a sauce…

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Recipe from Affe2011, NERIUM, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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These elk meatballs use venison heart, finely chopped along with the meat and bacon. They are prepared and cooked like classic Swedish meatballs; a spoonful of lingonberry or messmöör sauce gives the dish a unique flavour.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total2 hr 5 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$7.27 $1.21 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 12, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $3.05
  • $0.59
  • $0.70
  • $1.24
  • $0.52
  • $0.20
  • $0.24
  • $0.05
  • $0.55

Sauce

  • $0.13

Prices from US supermarkets for 8 of 10 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Remove the membranes and tendons from the heart, then chop it up with the meat and bacon. ≈ 8 min
  2. Mix the bread crumbs with the milk and sparkling water.
  3. Finely chop the onions and mix them with the ground meat, breadcrumbs, egg, pepper, and salt. ≈ 8 min
  4. Form the meatballs using your wet hands. ≈ 10 min
  5. Cook them in butter, in batches, until they are cooked through.
  6. Deglaze the frying pan with the cream, let it reduce, and then add the lingonberry jam or the messmör.

The bill

Swedish-style elk meatballs (älgtbullar)

  • 250 g of fatty bacon or pork belly$3.05
  • 200 ml of bread crumbs$0.59
  • 2 eggs$0.70
  • 6 small onions$1.24
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons of pepper$0.52
  • 200 ml of milk$0.20
  • 300 ml of sparkling water$0.24
  • salt$0.05
  • butter for cooking$0.55
  • 1 tablespoon of lingonberry jam (or lingonberry preserve)$0.13

Total$7.27

that's $1.21 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of elk heart
  • 250 g of elk meat
  • 250 g of fatty bacon or pork belly
  • 200 ml of bread crumbs
  • 2 eggs
  • 6 small onions
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons of pepper
  • 200 ml of milk
  • 300 ml of sparkling water
  • salt
  • butter for cooking
  • 200 ml of cream
  • 1 tablespoon of lingonberry jam (or lingonberry preserve)

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