Easy Pork Meatballs In Tomato Sauce

It’s that time of year when we crave comfort food. Also having recipes handy for easy midweek meals is high up there on the agenda. This Recipe For Pork Meatballs is a quick and easy homemade pork recipe. Yet it tastes delicious with pasta or served in wraps. 

Super Easy Recipe For Spaghetti With Pork Meatballs In A Tomato Sauce

This delicious meatball recipe not only allows me to sneak vegetables into the sauce ( yes, you still have to do that with teens!), but I can also choose lean meat with a lower fat content and control exactly what my family eats and every single ingredient I put into their food. Homemade always tastes best, and this recipe for pork meatballs tastes amazing.

Ingredients For Pork Meatballs, Italian Style Recipe

• 500g lean pork
• 30G breadcrumbs
• A handful of fresh basil
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 egg
• Salt and pepper
• A small bowl of plain flour
• 25 ml Balsamic Vinegar
• 250 g passata
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 handful of fresh basil
• Salt and pepper

Recipe For Mince Pork Meatballs With Pasta And Italian Tomato Sauce

1. Firstly prepare all of your ingredients. Break the pork mince up into a bowl and remove any lumps. Chop the onion, I find blending works to get the onion really fine, but don’t go far enough to make the onion watery. Also blend the basil leaves and garlic or chop very finely.
2. Add the pork mince, onion, basil, garlic, breadcrumbs, salt pepper and egg together into the bowl and mix well to ensure the the mixture is well mixed through.
3. Weigh your mixture and divide into 12. Now portion your pork meatball mixture into 12 equal balls.
4. As you are forming your Italian meatballs, keep a bowl of flour on the side. The mixture is quite moist, I found occasionally dipping my hands into the flour helped. 
5. Once you have formed your meatball, squeeze it tight to compact it and then roll into the flour before placing in a dish. Keep going until all of the balls are formed in the dish. Now place the bowl into the fridge and chill for half and hour, this stage is very important as it help the meatballs become a little firmer before cooking.

Preparing The Sauce And Cooking The Pork Meatballs

Place all of the sauce ingredients into an oven proof bowl, mix well and leave in the oven on 160°c

To brown your pork meatballs, place a tablespoon of oil into a pan on medium heat.  Keep turning with a pair of kitchen tongs until the outer edge is golden brown. Once they are golden brown transfer to some kitchen paper to absorb the excess cooking oil and then transfer to the ready heated sauce dish, spooning the sauce over the top of the meatballs. Now cook for 30 minutes.

Save Even More Time Midweek And Make This Recipe For Pork Meatballs In Batches

This Italian pork meatball recipe is also easy to make in batches and freeze. As long as you are using fresh pork mince and not frozen you can make is portion size batches and freeze before cooking. Ensure you allow the recipe to thoroughly defrost before cooking. 

This post has been created as part of a paid collaboration with Love Pork and BritMums highlighting red meat family favourites. As always all opinions are my own.

Recipe For Pork Meatballs In Tomato Sauce

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

A delicious easy midweek meal of pork meatball in Italian tomato sauce with basil.

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Ingredients

• For The Meatballs
• 500g lean pork
• 30G breadcrumbs
• A handful of fresh basil
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 egg
• Salt and pepper
• A small bowl of plain flour
• For The Italian Sauce
• 25 ml Balsamic Vinegar
• 250 g passata
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes
• 1 handful of fresh basil
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

1. Firstly prepare all of your ingredients. Break the pork mince up into a bowl and remove any lumps. Chop the onion, I find blending works to get the onion really fine, but don’t go far enough to make the onion watery. Also blend the basil leaves and garlic or chop very finely.
2. Add the pork mince, onion, basil, garlic, breadcrumbs, salt pepper and egg together into the bowl and mix well to ensure the the mixture is well mixed through.
3. Weigh your mixture and divide into 12. Now portion your mixture into 12 equal pork meatballs.
4. As you are forming your meatballs keep a bowl of flour on the side. The mixture is quite moist, I found occasionally dipping my hands into the flour helped.
5. Once you have formed your meatball squeeze it tight to compact it and then roll into the flour before placing in a dish. Keep going until all of your meatballs are formed in the dish.
6. Now place the bowl into the fridge and chill the meatballs for half and hour, this stage is very important as it help the meatballs become a little firmer before cooking.
7. Place all of the sauce ingredients into an oven proof bowl and leave in the oven on 160°c
8. To brown the meatballs, place a tablespoon of oil into a pan on medium heat.
9. Keep turning with a pair of kitchen tongs until the outer edge is golden brown.
10. Once they are golden brown transfer to some kitchen paper to absorb the excess cooking oil and then transfer to the ready heated sauce dish, spooning the sauce over the top of the meatballs.
11. Now cook for 30 minutes.

Notes

Some children and fussy teens don’t like tomato sauce, if this is the case cook a couple of meatballs separately in a dish to serve with pasta and mozzarella.

This recipe is also super easy to make in batches and freeze. As long as you are using fresh pork mince and not frozen you can make is portion size batches and freeze before cooking. Ensure you allow the recipe to thoroughly defrost before cooking.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 217Total Fat: 9.7gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 176mgCarbohydrates: 14g