Severin threw himself into the job of creating the perfect meatball recipe, a challenge that involved long and passionate discussions with his team and Ingvar Kamprad. Even within Sweden, opinions vary greatly on how a meatball should taste. Between Ingvar hailing from the south, and Severin a couple of dialects north, there were deeply rooted disagreements about what a real Swedish meatball should taste like.
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Our meatballs were launched in 1985 and are loved by people everywhere. With mashed potatoes, cream sauce and lingonberry jam, they’re as Swedish as it gets. Easy to cook and serve – a tasty IKEA icon.
Article Number105.045.28
Product description
Served with mashed potatoes, cream sauce and lingonberry jam, HUVUDROLL meatballs are as Swedish as it gets. Every year, they are eaten and loved by millions of people around the world.
A tasteful icon from IKEA since 1985. Gently seasoned to enhance the meat flavour and are great to enjoy with traditional condiments or in new combinations.
Meatballs should taste like meat. That’s why we’ve seasoned the beef and pork gently with only a few ingredients, every one of them enhancing the meat flavour even more.
Easily prepared from frozen in minutes. In the oven, in the microwave or on the stove.
Easily portioned. Prepare the amount needed, leave the rest in the freezer.
Just as tasty warm as they are cold, e.g. halved as a sandwich topping.
Measurements and packaging
- Net weight: 1000 g
Packaging
HUVUDROLL
Article Number105.045.28- Width: 1 cm
- Height: 1 cm
- Length: 1 cm
- Weight: 0.10 kg
- Package(s): 1
Reviews
It’s delicious, ❤️HaydeeIt’s delicious, ❤️
Good meatballKianTaste good and easy to cook
Very easy and fast wayMiekoVery easy and fast way to make meet ball spaghetti! And other cooking as put stick through BBQ!
Like in Ikea restaurant.Anonymous reviewerMy kids love this meatballs.
Excellent meatball!Anonymous reviewerExcellent meatball!
Very delicious ^^MaryamVery delicious ^^
Customer reviews
4.8Average rating
424Reviews
Very easy and fast way
Very easy and fast way to make meet ball spaghetti! And other cooking as put stick through BBQ!Mieko, Switzerland
4.8Average rating
424Reviews
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Story
A tasty icon
Millions enjoy IKEA meatballs every year and some admirers report travelling for hours just to order it at an IKEA restaurant. But, the IKEA meatballs as we know them were created as a solution to a tough challenge back in 1985 – failing restaurants.
“Back then, guests in our restaurants were not served in a smooth and quick way and the quality was uneven,” explains Severin Sjöstedt, a Swedish chef who was asked to help out because of his passion for food and traditional Swedish cooking. “It was a serious problem because as Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA founder, put it: ‘It is tough to do business with hungry stomachs’”.
Heated arguments
Cold facts
Over the course of 10 months, Severin hardly left the kitchen. He was totally engulfed and put his heart and soul into finding the right recipe. He not only had to create a meatball that tasted good, he had to create one that could be made in batches of more than 300 kg each.
More than 1 billion sold every year
Nearly a year after the project started, IKEA restaurants began serving the IKEA version of Swedish meatballs. Each time a new IKEA store opened, Severin could see thousands of people lining up to be served. “It warms my heart to know I had a small piece of doing something tasty for a lot of people. The meatball embodies so much of the IKEA culture: it’s convenient, it’s Swedish, and it’s for the many. And after so many years, it’s still on the menu at every IKEA store in the world.”