Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2008

The sauce was interesting. It was edible, but different. Not sure if we'll make it again, but I love cardamon and enjoyed that aspect of the sauce.

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ANNYBER

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Reviewed: Feb. 1, 2007

Good meatball, but needs much less nutmeg. When I made them without nutmeg they were gobbled up by all!

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I followed the recipe exactlly and they were way too sweet for us. I tried adding some sour cream and then some dry red wine and they still were not edible. I may try them again without using any sugar. The spice blend was good just overpoweringly sweet.

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Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2006

This is great recipe - it is very time consuming but I only make it once a year, for Christmas Eve. Actually, I make them ahead of time - the meatballs freeze beautifully. Then I just have to brown them and make the sauce. My mother's family is Scandinavian and they always cooked with these spices. I do think the sugar quantity is a misprint.

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Reviewed: May 10, 2006

The sauce was too sweet and the recipe is very time consuming. My family didn't like it at all.

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Reviewed: Feb. 8, 2006

guess I don't like the whole nutmeg and meatball thing...

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Kelly E.

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Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2006

I've made this about 4 times now and has become a tradition at Christmas as we serve mostly Swedish dishes. Time consuming, but worth it. It's nice to see a traditional Swedish dish made with traditional Swedish spices. Serve this with lingenberries to enhance the flavor.

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2005

Was a big hit with the family. Will make again.

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CHEFHEINS

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Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2005

did not like recipe at all!

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Reviewed: Oct. 11, 2005

This was the best swedish meatball recipe I've ever made. I made them vegetarian using soy crumble, and it worked out fabulously. I followed the reccomendation to only use 1 T. sugar, and that seemed perfect as well. It was a considerable amount of work, but well worth the effort. I will definetely make these again.

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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2005

OK, this one is a ton of work-took me a couple hours to get everything together, but it was so rich and satisying, it was worth it! The sauce was awesome over hot cooked egg noodles, plus it made a lot so we ate this for a few days.

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GINAH1

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Reviewed: Oct. 7, 2005

The spices were very different - too strong and different for my family. I thought it was OK but my family hated it. We gave it to the dogs. The recipe would be very good with fewer, more traditional spices.

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DebbyCooks

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2005

This was way too sweet for me. All I could taste was the sugar. A lot of effort for a very O.K. outcome.

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Reviewed: Aug. 22, 2005

Very good, but if using fresh ground cardamon, cut it in half.

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2005

There is no question in my mind that 1/2 cup sugar is a typo error,try 1T or less. I used only 1/2 cup butter in the total recipe and used 2 cans evaporated skim milk instead of cream. Also, added mushrooms.I personally loved the blend of spices in this recipe. Do make this if you do not have time for kitchen clean up.

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Reviewed: May 19, 2004

My hubby and I loved this! I took the advice of an early post and cut back on the sugar and also left out the MSG, but otherwise stuck closely to the original recipe. My kids preferred the meatballs w/o the sauce. Not everyone will like the spices in the sauce. I served over rice and this made a lot. I saved about half the meatballs to freeze for another time.

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Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2003

Meatballs are WONDERFUL!!! The sauce, however, is a bit sweet to our tastes. I'd cut the sugar down in half, even by 2/3. Otherwise, I received many compliments when I served them as an appetizer.

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Reviewed: Dec. 13, 2003

These are really good. I omitted the MSG and substituted homo milk for heavy cream. I used lean ground beef and fried them without butter. These changes made the dish healthier and from family reviews, they loved it! The flavour of this dish was superb.

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