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Swedish-style Free-range Pork Meatballs with Mash & Cranberries
Nothing says comfort food like Swedish-style meatballs. Here, you'll make your own from scratch using juicy free-range British pork mince. Then you'll simmer them in a creamy sauce, infused with warming cinnamon and nutmeg. A side mashed potatoes and green beans, and a dollop of tangy cranberry sauce complete the dish.
High protein
5 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 80g greek style yoghurt (Milk)
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 11g beef stock powder (Rice flour, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Potato Starch, Onion Powder, Flavouring, Salt, Tomato Powder, Carrot Powder, Ground Black Pepper.)
- 80g baby spinach
- 300g free-range pork mince
- 2 large potatoes
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 shallot
- 45g cranberry relish (Cranberries, Date Syrup, Sliced Cranberries, Water, Cornflour)
- 160g green beans
- 3 garlic clove
Nutritional Information
Calories: 702
Protein: 42g
Carbs: 58g
Fat: 32g
Ingredients
- 0.5 tsp ground cinnamon (use half)
- 80g greek style yoghurt (use half) (Milk)
- 0.5 tsp ground nutmeg (use half)
- 160g green beans (use half)
- 150g free-range pork mince
- 2 large potatoes
- 3 garlic clove
- 1 shallot (use half)
- 11g beef stock powder (use half) (Rice flour, Yeast Extract (Yeast Extract, Salt), Potato Starch, Onion Powder, Flavouring, Salt, Tomato Powder, Carrot Powder, Ground Black Pepper.)
- 45g cranberry relish (use half) (Cranberries, Date Syrup, Sliced Cranberries, Water, Cornflour)
- 1 handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley (use half)
- 80g baby spinach (use half)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 876
Protein: 45g
Carbs: 99g
Fat: 31g
Swedish-style Free-range Pork Meatballs with Mash & Cranberries
Nothing says comfort food like Swedish-style meatballs. Here, you'll make your own from scratch using juicy free-range British pork mince. Then you'll simmer them in a creamy sauce, infused with warming cinnamon and nutmeg. A side mashed potatoes and green beans, and a dollop of tangy cranberry sauce complete the dish.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a medium saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a peeler, a masher, a grater, a large bowl, a measuring jug, a medium frying pan & a small saucepan
Make the mash
- Peel and roughly chop the potatoes into 3cm chunks, then add to the saucepan of boiling water and simmer for 18-20 mins, until soft, then drain
- Return to the pan and mash with a pinch of salt and pepper
Meatballs time
- Finely chop the parsley. Finely grate the garlic. Finely slice the shallot
- In the large bowl, combine the pork mince with half the parsley and half the garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Shape the pork mince into 10 small meatballs
Simmer simmer
- Heat the medium frying pan with 1 tsp oil on medium-high heat (we used the 25cm HexClad Hybrid Pan). Once hot, add the meatballs and cook for 5 mins, until golden brown
- Add the shallot, cinnamon, nutmeg and remaining garlic. Cook for another 2 mins, then season with salt and pepper. Add the stock powder and 200ml water (100ml for 1 person), then simmer for 15 mins
- Rinse the spinach, then add to the meatballs in the final 1-2 mins and cook until wilted
- Remove from the heat, then stir in the yoghurt until creamy
- Check your meat is cooked through; it should be golden brown, steaming hot, the juices should run clear when cut and there should be no pink / rare meat inside
Cook the green beans
- Meanwhile, trim the green beans
- Bring the small saucepan filled with salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and boil for 3-4 mins, until cooked. Drain, then season with salt and pepper
Plate up
- Check your meat is cooked through; it should be golden brown, steaming hot, the juices should run clear when cut and there should be no pink / rare meat inside
- Share the meatballs between plates, with the mash and green beans alongside
- Garnish with the remaining parsley and a dollop of cranberry relish
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