Pork Meatballs with Tomato, Fennel & Apple

Serving size

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Ingredients

1 fennel
1 handful of fresh tarragon
1 shallot
1 apple
230g butter beans

(Rehydrated butter beans, water, salt, antioxidant: ascorbic acid.)
80g baby spinach
300g free-range pork mince
3 garlic clove
1 chicken stock cube (use half) (Celery)

(sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
1 tsp fennel seeds (use half)
400g chopped tomatoes

(Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid (E330))
2 tsp pumpkin seeds

Allergens

May Contain: Celery

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	87Kcal	632Kcal
	364kJ	2643kJ
Fat	4.6g	33g
of which saturates	1.3g	9.6g
Carbohydrates	5g	35g
of which sugars	2.5g	18g
Protein	6.1g	45g
Salt	0.22g	1.6g
Fibre	2.0g	15g

Ingredients

1 handful of fresh tarragon (use half)
80g baby spinach (use half)
150g free-range pork mince
1 shallot (use half)
1 apple (use half)
1 tsp fennel seeds (use a quarter)
400g chopped tomatoes (use half)

(Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid (E330))
1 chicken stock cube (use a quarter) (Celery)

(sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil* , sugar*, chicken fat* 3.5%, yeast extract, natural flavour, chicken meat* 1%, herbs & spices* (turmeric*, black pepper*, parsley*, rosemary*), onion powder*. * Organic ingredient)
1 fennel (use half)
3 garlic clove
240g butter beans (drained) (use half)

(Dried Butter beans rehydrated, Water, Salt, Antioxidant: ascorbic acid)
2 tsp pumpkin seeds (use half)

Allergens

May Contain: Celery

Nutritional Information

Typical values	per 100g	per portion
Energy	88Kcal	644Kcal
	366kJ	2696kJ
Fat	5.0g	37g
of which saturates	1.4g	9.9g
Carbohydrates	5g	37g
of which sugars	2.5g	19g
Protein	5.9g	44g
Salt	0.19g	1.4g
Fibre	1.7g	13g

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Prep in 10 High protein 1/3 daily fibre 5 of 5 a day New Low sat fat

Pork Meatballs with Tomato, Fennel & Apple

Name: Pork Meatballs with Tomato, Fennel & Apple
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 fennel; 1 handful of fresh tarragon; 1 shallot; 1 apple; 230g butter beans; 80g baby spinach; 300g free-range pork mince; 3 garlic clove; 1 chicken stock cube (use half); 1 tsp fennel seeds (use half); 400g chopped tomatoes; 2 tsp pumpkin seeds

Prep time: 0 mins

Total time: 35 mins

Cuisine: European

Food group: Pork

Rich tomato sauce infused with fresh tarragon

Cooking Instructions

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As of December 2025, we've revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.

Preheat the oven to 230C / fan 210C / gas mark 8. Finely chop or crush the garlic. Peel and cut the shallot in half. Thinly slice one half and finely dice the other.
For the meatballs; in a bowl add the pork, half the fennel seeds, half the garlic and finely diced half shallot. Season with sea salt and black pepper, combine well, then form into 8 meatballs. Heat a large oven-proof frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Cook the meatballs for 3-4 mins turning regularly, until golden. Remove from the pan and set aside.
Meanwhile, boil a half-kettle. Dissolve half the stock cube in a jug with 100ml of hot water. Trim and thinly slice the fennel. Dice the apple into 1cm cubes. Drain and rinse the beans. Pick the tarragon from its stalks and roughly chop.
Using the same pan on medium-high heat with 1 tsp of oil, add the apple, fennel, remaining garlic and sliced shallot. Cook for 4 mins. Add the chopped tomatoes, stock, spinach, tarragon and butterbeans. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 mins.
Add the meatballs to the sauce, burying them slightly in the sauce and place in the oven for 8-10 mins, until the meatballs are cooked through. Sprinkle with pumpkin seeds before serving.