Description
This Pork Meatballs Sweet Potato dish features tender, juicy meatballs paired with creamy sweet potato mash, making it ideal for a quick, comforting meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- 1 medium onion, grated
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/4 cup bourbon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 cup chicken stock
Instructions
- Mix ground pork, breadcrumbs, onion, garlic, paprika, sage, egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
- Form the mixture into 16 meatballs.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet and sear the meatballs until browned.
- Boil sweet potatoes until fork-tender, then drain.
- Deglaze the skillet with bourbon, then add maple syrup, mustard, and chicken stock; simmer to thicken.
- Return meatballs to the skillet to cook in the sauce till heated through.
- Mash sweet potatoes with butter, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until smooth.
- Finish the sauce with cold butter and adjust seasoning.
- Serve meatballs over sweet potato mash, drizzled with sauce.
Notes
Allow meatballs to chill before cooking for better texture.
Use fresh ingredients for optimal flavor.
Make-ahead option: prep meatballs and mash a day prior.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 650
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 850mg
- Fat: 35g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 55g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 120mg