Swedish meatballs

tastes like ikea's meatballs..have been ages since i had ikea's meatballs..the last time was almost 2 years ago when i was heavily pregnant with iyad...now i can make my own ikea's meatballs... yeay!

2 slices of white bread, crusts removed, torn
1/4 cup milk
1 onion, grated
500g mince beef
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp plain flour
2 cups beef stock

1/4 cup thickened cream

• place bread in large bowl. add milk. stand for 5 min. 
• add onion, mince beef, egg, spices
• season with salt and pepper. mix to combine
• roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. place on to a plate
• heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. cook meatballs, turning, for 4-5 min or until browned or cooked through. using a slotted spoon, transfer to plate
• add flour to pan. cook, stirring for 1 min or until bubbling.
• gradually stir in stock and cream. bring to boil
• return meatballs to pan. reduce heat to medium. simmer for 10 min or until meatballs are cooked through and sauce thickened
• serve with crusted bread or as in ikea - with fries and cranberry sauce

Italian meatballs

we love spaghetti and meatballs... i made them in advanced and store them in freezer, take them out to thaw then cook it... can't find the photo of the dish though...will put it up once i cook this dish again..

2 slices of white bread, crusts removed, torn
1/2 cup milk
1 onion, grated
500g mince beef
1/3 cup finely chopped basil leaves
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/3 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
1 egg, lightly beaten
2 tbsp olive oil
500g jar tomato pasta sauce
cooked pasta to serve

• place bread in large bowl. add milk. stand for 5 min. 
• add onion, mince beef, egg, basil, cheese and half of parsley
• season with salt and pepper. mix to combine
• roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. place on to a plate
• heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. cook meatballs, turning, for 5-7 min or until browned or cooked through
• add pasta sauce. bring to boil. reduce heat to medium and let simmer for 2-3 min.
• sprinkle with remaining parsley. serve with pasta

Marbled Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies

heavenly chocolate and cheesy mix.. love it!

chocolate mix:
175g butter plus extra for greasing
3 tbsp cocoa powder
200g caster sugar
2 eggs, beaten
125g plain flour

cheesecake mix:
250g ricotta cheese
40g caster sugar
1 egg, beaten

• preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius. grease and line a 11x7 inch or 10x10 inch tin
• melt the butter in a medium saucepan, remove from heat and stir in the cocoa and sugar.
• beat in the eggs, then add the flur and stir to mix evenly. pour into prepared tin
• for the cheesecake mix, beat together the ricotta, sugar and egg. then drop teaspoonfuls of the mixture over the chocolate mixture. use a palette knife to swirl the 2 mixtures together lightly
• bake in the oven for 40-45 min until just firm to touch.
• cool in the tin then cut into squares