Pork & Apple Meatballs
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Recipe type: mains
Serves: 4
 
Makes 15 Meatballs
Ingredients
  • 200g pork mince
  • 1 large eating apple, peeled and grated
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • pinch of black pepper
  • 100g breadcrumbs - I used Finn Crisp Original Crispbread
  • FOR THE SAUCE
  • I roasted:
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 onion
  • ½ head of broccoli
  • 2 tsp crushed garlic
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp dried basil
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 1 x 540 g bottle of Cirio passata
  • pinch of sugar
  • pinch of black pepper
  • TO FINISH
  • 1-2 tbsp oil
  • enough pasta for your dinner guests, I used Garofalo pasta
Instructions
  1. Place the pork mince in a bowl and add the grated apple, sage and black pepper and using your hands squish it all together.
  2. Break the crispbreads up - I used the end of a rolling pin and smashed them up and used my fingers to break them up even more
  3. Add the crushed crispbreads to the mince and with your hands mix it all together
  4. Then make 15-16 meatballs from the mixture and place in a container and chill in the fridge for a few hours/over night to firm up
  5. TO MAKE THE SAUCE:
  6. Place the vegetables chopped into chunks in a roasting pan with the oil, herbs and garlic
  7. and roast in an oven (200oC / 180oC (fan)) for about 20 minutes
  8. Place the Cirio Passata, the sugar, pepper and the roasted veg into a blender and blitz until smooth
  9. TO SERVE:
  10. Pre heat the oven to 180oC / 160OC (fan)
  11. Heat the oil in a non stick pan and brown off the meatballs and then transfer to the oven for 20 minutes to finish off
  12. Cook the pasta as per the instructions on the pack
  13. Drain the water and add the tomato and vegetable sauce and heat gently and then stir in the meatballs
  14. Serve with grated cheese if you wish
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2014/06/pork-apple-meatballs.html