IKEA Meatball and Gravy Toastie

Enjoy IKEA meatballs and gravy in a new way by trying them in this gorgeous toasted sandwich.

How to have a successful trip to IKEA

I think it is universal that no trip to IKEA is complete without some meatballs during your visit.

Whether meat or the vegetarian ones everyone loves IKEA meatballs and we discovered recently, ok…maybe not so recently, that you can buy them frozen on the way out so you can experience them at home.

Plus, you can pick up the gravy mix and loganberry jam.

Now, while I appreciate having that at home isn’t quite the same as in store they did provide inspiration for an all new meatball toasted sandwich and thus the IKEA meatball and gravy toastie was born. And it was delicious!

The method to cook this meatball sandwich is very simple, like all our toastie recipes, and of course you can swap out IKEA meatballs for any other kind of meatballs.

Ingredients for an IKEA meatball and gravy toastie

• 8 or 9 IKEA frozen meatballs
• 2 slices of thick bread
• 3 or 4 generous slices of cheddar cheese
• 1 packet of IKEA gravy mix

The above is for 1 sandwich for 1 person.

How to make an IKEA meatball and gravy toastie

1. Make up the gravy following the guide on the packet
2. Cook the meatballs in the microwave following the instructions of the bag
3. Lay out one slice of bread on the hot toasted sandwich maker
4. Place the meatballs on the bread
5. Pour 4 or 5 tablespoons of the gravy onto the sandwich
6. Lay the cheese on top and then add the second slice of bread and push down gently and carefully
7. Close the toasted sandwich maker and cook for 8 minutes
8. Serve this toastie with more of the gravy and enjoy. Treat it a bit like a french dip sub.

You may also want to serve this with the Loganberry jam on the side for a true IKEA experience.

The Swedish name for IKEA Meatballs

The Swedish name meatballs is Köttbullar but the IKEA brand are called Huvudroll. . The vegetarian version of IKEA meatballs are also called Huvudroll but can be found in a green packet.

You can buy them in the food market on the way out of IKEA.

The IKEA Meatball Toastie Recipe Card

Print or pin this recipe card for future use.

Some fun and interesting faces about IKEA and their meatballs

IKEA was founded way back in 1943 while the world was still at war. It was founded by Ingar Kamprad and started as a simple mail order catalogue business. Today it is now a global furniture empire worth just under $60 billion.

IKEA added food outlets in their stores in the 1960s and started serving they globally recognized meatballs during the 1980s and now they sell 150 million of the little fellas each year.

For more about the history of IKEA check out their about us section on their website.

Meatballs originated from Persia in the form of Kofta which is combining leftover meat into flavored balls to cook. It has been suggessted that Kofta were bought to Sweden in the early 18th Century by their king at the time King Charles XII who bought them back from Turkey after camping out for a number of years following a failed invasion of Russia. For more on this and the history of meatballs in Sweden check out this fascinating article from Atlas Obscura.

The Toastie Club

I hope you give this recipe for an IKEA Meatball toastie a go and let us know int eh comments below if you do.

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Until next time and keep on toasting.