Meatballs in creamy mushroom sauce with crispy potatoes – weeknight food that tastes like the weekend.
This is a proper “weeknight favourite” – a dish that is easy to make, full of flavour and loved by the whole family.
Meatballs in creamy mushroom sauce with crispy oven-roasted potatoes – it tastes like grandmother’s cooking meets comfort food, and best of all, you can prepare most of it well in advance and simply heat it through before serving.
The potatoes go into the oven first, and while they roast you mix a quick meatball mixture. When the potatoes have about 20 minutes left, the meatballs go into the oven alongside them – and it all takes care of itself.
Then all that’s left is this creamy mushroom sauce with onion, garlic, butter, mushrooms, a spoonful of mustard and a dash of red wine vinegar – it has plenty of flavour without becoming heavy. A splash of cream and a little gravy browning make it even better.
When everything is done, simply fold the meatballs and half of the crispy potatoes into the sauce – and top the dish with the rest of the potatoes, so you get both crunch and creaminess in one mouthful.
It can easily be prepared ahead and warmed through in the oven – the potatoes won’t be quite as crisp, but the flavour is still spot on.
If you want extra-crispy potatoes, you can also wait and add them right at the end.
In our house it is a sure winner – with the children too, even the ones who usually say no to mushrooms.
Meatballs in creamy mushroom sauce with crispy potatoes
Ingredients
Meatballs
- 300 g minced beef
- 300 g minced pork, or mixed minced veal and pork
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, grated or crushed
- 1 1/2 tbsp fine dried breadcrumbs
- 25 ml milk
- 1 egg
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Mushroom sauce
- 50 g butter
- 400 g mushrooms, sliced or quartered
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 350 ml water
- 1 chicken stock cube
- 200 ml cream whipping cream (38% fat) or cooking cream
- 1/2-1 tsp red wine vinegar
- Gravy browning
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Oil
Potatoes and garnish
- 750 g small potatoes, halved
- Oil
- Dried thyme, salt and freshly ground pepper
- Chopped parsley, to finish
Method
- Mix the meatball ingredients together, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and chill the mixture if you have time.
- Toss the potatoes with a little oil, thyme, salt and freshly ground pepper, and roast them in the middle of a preheated fan oven at 200°C for about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, shape the mixture into meatballs and place them on a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Spray the tops lightly with cooking spray.
- When the potatoes have roasted for 30 minutes, move their tray lower down in the oven and place the tray of meatballs in the middle. Turn the oven up to 210°C fan and cook the meatballs and potatoes for a further 20 minutes or so, until the meatballs are cooked through and the potatoes are crisp and golden.
- While the potatoes and meatballs are in the oven, make the sauce in a frying pan.
- Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the mushrooms over a high heat until they have released their liquid and it has cooked off. Set a few aside for the top, if you like.
- Turn the heat down to medium, add the onion and garlic, and fry until the onion is translucent.
- Stir in the mustard, sprinkle over the flour and stir to combine, then add the water, stock cube and cream. Stir the sauce well.
- Adjust the colour with gravy browning, and season the sauce to taste with red wine vinegar, salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Fold the meatballs into the sauce along with half of the roasted potatoes. Arrange the remaining roasted potatoes on top, along with the reserved mushrooms if using, and finish with freshly ground pepper and chopped parsley.
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Hej Diana
Kan retten fryses ? Og tak for mange rigtig dejlige velsmagende retter
Hej Annette
Det kan den sagtens ja. Kartoflerne er måske ikke optimale i saucen, da de kan få en anderledes konsistens ved opvarmning, da de ikke bliver sprøde igen 🙂
Warm wishes, Dianna
virkelig lækker ret!
super lækkert brugte dog dobbelt op af sennep 😘
Hej Per
Hvor dejligt du kan lide den – tak for din feedback:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Mums filibab
Lavede den efter opskriften, nemt og enkelt. Brugte pasta istedet for kartofler (da vi havde rester) blev også rigtig godt.
Kødbollerne kan bruges til alt. Super lækre.
Tak for opskriften
Hejsa
Hvor er det dejligt at høre – tusind tak for de søde ord:)
Warm wishes, Dianna