Königsberg meatballs

  • Good for lunch

Less suited for dinner.

Beef meatballs in a mild cream sauce with capers; 4 servings without sides.

4 servingsFinal yield 1,500 g

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Ingredients

  • 600 gBeef, grass-fed, ground, raw
  • 100 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 80 gBread, crumbs, dry, grated, plain
  • 50 gCapers, canned
  • 200 gCream, fluid, heavy whipping
  • 120 gOnions, raw
  • 700 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 6 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Mix meat with egg, crumbs, salt and half the onion; shape 16 balls.
  2. Cook remaining onion and capers in water 5 minutes at 90 °C, then add balls.
  3. Cook covered 15 minutes at 85 °C, stir in cream and heat 3 minutes.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,386.5 kcal
Protein
147.9 g
Fat
162.8 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
77.6 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
7.2 g
Saturated fatty acids
82.3 g
Sodium
4,721.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
11.8 g

Per serving

Energy
596.6 kcal
Protein
37 g
Fat
40.7 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
19.4 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.8 g
Saturated fatty acids
20.6 g
Sodium
1,180.5 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
3 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
159.1 kcal
Protein
9.9 g
Fat
10.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
5.2 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
0.48 g
Saturated fatty acids
5.5 g
Sodium
314.8 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.79 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Gluten, Egg, Milk

May contain: Soy, Sesame

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal