Swedish Meatball Sundae Recipe (Easy Ikea Copycat)

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Swedish Meatball Sundae Recipe (Easy Ikea Copycat)

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Additional Time 5

Total Time 30

Servings cups

Calories 636kcal

Author Sarah Penrod

Ingredients

1 bag of frozen meatballs see note

Mashed Potatoes:

1 13.75 oz. box potato flakes
6 cups water
9 tablespoons butter
2 1/4 tsp salt
3 cups milk
Dress it up with an extra spoonful of butter and cream if you like!

Gravy:

2 packages of dry brown gravy mix made according to package instructions.
6 tablespoons heavy cream

Assembly

20 festive cocktail cups
20 disposable cocktail forks
¼ cup lingonberry jelly or cranberry sauce
¼ cup fresh herbs for garnishing such as parsley chives, or dill

Instructions

For The Meatballs:

In a large skillet with a lid, pour in the bag of frozen meatballs. Add 3 tablespoons of water to the bottom of the pan and heat over medium high heat.
Place the lid on and steam the meatballs for 6-8 minutes, jiggling occasionally to make sure they don’t stick to the pan. When the meatballs are hot, turn off the heat and keep warm by covering with the lid while you prepare
the rest.

For The Mashed Potatoes:

Heat the water, milk, butter, and salt in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil.
Remove from the heat and pour in the potato flakes.
Fluff with a fork, combining and letting the potato flakes absorb the moisture.
Dress the potatoes up with extra butter and cream if you like.

For the Brown Gravy:

Follow the package instructions to prepare 2 sleeves of brown gravy.
Keep warm and whisk in the heavy cream until
creamy and light-colored.
Keep warm for assembly.

For Assembly and Serving:

To assemble lay out all the cups and scoop (I used this 1 5/8 ounce scoop) one scoop of mashed potatoes into each cup.
Place 2-3 meatballs on top. 60 meatballs total should be 3 meatballs per serving.
Drizzle with brown gravy, add a dollop of jelly or cranberry sauce. Sprinkle with herbs.
Add I cocktail fork per cup and serve warm.

Notes

I used a bag of IKEA meatballs which contains approximately 60 meatballs. Standard grocery stores sell 3-pound bags of frozen meatballs, which will be slightly more than needed for this recipe, but sizes vary with the manufacturer, so use your best judgment. 2-3 meatballs are the perfect per serving.

With an IKEA nearby, it’s easy to buy their meatballs, lingonberry jelly, and gravy mix in the Swedish foods shop, but these items are also available at local grocery stores. If you can't find lingonberry jelly, cranberry jelly is suitable as a substitute.

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