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    Meatballs for the People: Recipes from the cult Stockholm restaurant
    Meatballs for the People: Recipes from the cult Stockholm restaurant
    Meatballs for the People: Recipes from the cult Stockholm restaurant
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    Meatballs for the People: Recipes from the cult Stockholm restaurant

    By Mathias Pilblad

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    On a regular day, Chinese, English and German can be heard spoken in this much-loved Stockholm restaurant; tourists and bearded södermalmare discuss whether to choose the classic Swedish meatballs or one of the specials, such as wild boar meatballs, whether the sides should be mashed potatoes, lingonberries and brown sauce or mushroom risotto. But one thing is certain: no one is thinking about any lunch other than just meatballs.

    Dive into these mouth-watering pages to discover how to make the perfect Swedish meatball, and then read on to uncover a whole host of meatball recipes, from pike to pork, or from reindeer to shrimp, and not forgetting a range of veggie delights.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateAug 19, 2021
    ISBN9781472983046
    Meatballs for the People: Recipes from the cult Stockholm restaurant

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      Book preview

      Meatballs for the People - Mathias Pilblad

      Life is all about family and meatballs.

      I love you Linda, Jack and Viggo.

      Introduction

      Our Best Balls

      Meatballs at Home

      Meatballs Around the World

      Dinner with Friends

      Family Lunch

      Our Best Sides

      About the Author

      Ch. 1

      Introduction

      How it all started

      One Christmastime I stood in the kitchen at Djurgårdsbrunn's Värdshus having prepared a feast of more than 50 types of delicacy for friends and family. For most of our guests, it was the festivities and the chance to socialise that attracted them, but of course the food was important too.

      Out of all the dishes I’d made, it was the meatballs that were the most popular, virtually disappearing before my eyes. And so began the dream: a restaurant and shop where everything is about the humble meatball. Ten months later, we opened Meatballs for the People. It was 2013.

      My background

      Not many people can say it, but I’m living my dream life. I’m in the middle of my life and my days are all about family, food, drink and life in the restaurants.

      I started in the industry at a young age as an apprentice in a kitchen under a classically trained, French-schooled chef. It was there that I learned that the guest is always the most important thing in a restaurant, and that you have to make an effort if you want to progress in the kitchen, otherwise you never get away from peeling potatoes.

      I have had the great fortune to work in several of the best, award-winning restaurants in Stockholm over the years, and I have competed with the Swedish Culinary Olympic team, which resulted in several successes and a gold medal in 2000. This gave me the confidence and ability to do what I think most chefs dream of, and, along with two friends, we started our first restaurant in 2003: Bockholmen Hav & Restaurang on Stockholm’s archipelago. When we first opened there was an elegant dish of venison meatballs on the menu, the first meatball dish on my own menu. Over the years there have been several more restaurants, including Meatballs for the People, which all have a special place in my chef's heart.

      When we opened Meatballs for the People, we didn’t know how it would be received, but we couldn’t have predicted that a restaurant serving only meatballs would turn out to be such a success. We are now open every day of the week, for lunch and dinner, offering takeaways and deliveries, and we always have at least twelve kinds of meatball on the menu.

      When it comes to festivities and festivals, we really push the boat out, with some special lamb meatballs for Easter, for example. At MFTP, you buy the tastiest lingonberries and eat meatballs you did not think existed. Our guests are both locals and tourists coming from further afield. I would never have imagined that Swedish meatballs would attract so many guests from all over the world, but today we are, for many, a natural part of a visit to Stockholm, something I’m very proud of, as we get to share an important piece of Swedish food culture.

      The importance of Swedish meatballs

      The meatball has been mentioned in Swedish gastronomy since the 1700s. It has been said that King Charles XII spent several years in what is now Bendery in Moldova, then under Turkish rule, and returned to Sweden in 1715 armed with a recipe for meatballs.

      The classic Swedish meatballs is typically smaller than those you will find across Europe, and are traditionally made with a 50:50 mix of pork and beef, and flavoured with spices such as allspice or nutmeg, something we’ve kept true to in our Classic Meatballs for the People recipe. The Swedish meatball is also particularly revered for its smooth texture, which is achieved by beating the meatball mixture rather than using your hands to just bring the ingredients together.

      While everyone’s heard of the Swedish meatball, you also find meatballs all over the world, in some form or other: they can be big in Italy, small and elegant in Thailand or spicy in India, but the tradition of serving some kind of minced meat shaped to spheres is common in many countries. If I had to choose, other than the Swedish meatball, of course, my favourite would be Greek meatballs (known as koftas) with feta cheese, preferably enjoyed at a taverna somewhere near the Mediterranean.

      Meatballs tend to pop up all over the place in Sweden, whether it’s something quick to make for dinner or leftovers cold in a sandwich (or on our traditional open sandwiches), but there is no meatball as good as the one you had as a child, cooked by someone you love – your mother or maybe your grandfather. I remember my grandmother’s meatballs; they were something I longed for, and were a treat when it came to family dinners. We Swedes love all forms of meatballs, but nothing beats homemade.

      As a dish, meatballs are something that suits almost all restaurants, and in Sweden it is something that sells well on any menu. You can make them fancy or keep them classic, but people are always happy to see them on a menu and order something they know and love. Meatballs for the People has a van that we use for local deliveries and take to farmers’ markets. I love how creative we can be with the recipes that we offer from the van or the restaurant, serving a huge range of flavours, but still all meatballs.

      When I come across a range of ingredients or experience different flavours, I often think about how those flavours would work in a meatball, which is why there’s a chapter on meatballs from around the world, using my favourite flavours from all corners of the globe. I have enjoyed hundreds of different meatballs over the years, at the restaurant and at home, and my favourites have been gathered here.

      So, what makes good meatball?

      For me it is about two things. Firstly, you must make them with good ingredients (so buy local, sustainably and seasonally, when possible). Secondly, you must like the person or restaurant that cooked your meatballs: a meatball from a food factory will never be as good as ones your children cook for you.

      When it comes to taste and texture, some people like when the meatball falls apart and might be a little dry, while others like juicy meatballs, like the ones we serve at MFTP, packed full of flavour. Freshly fried or cooked in sauce, it’s just a matter of taste.

      I use higher-fat mince in our meatballs,

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