Maple-Glazed Pork Meatballs

Name: Maple-Glazed Pork Meatballs
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Makes 24 meatballs
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 large egg; ½ cup apple juice; 2 teaspoons tomato paste; ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 2 teaspoons cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon ground fennel seeds; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ¼ cup milk; ½ cup unseasoned breadcrumbs; 1 tablespoon grated or finely minced ginger (from a 1-inch piece); ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup; 1 medium yellow onion, diced; 1 pound ground pork; 1 small Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and finely diced (about 1 cup diced)

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Preparation info

Makes
24
meatballs

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

Breakfast for Dinner

By Lindsay Landis and Taylor Hackbarth

Published 2013

About

The best part of breakfast is the moment when the maple syrup begins to seep into the sausage on the other side of your plate. Clearly pork and maple syrup were meant to be, so we put them together in what may be the perfect meatball.

Ingredients

For Meatballs

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium yellow onion, diced
1 small

Dinner
Main course
Breakfast

Method

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and cook until translucent, 7 to 10 minutes. Stir in apples, ginger, and garlic and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.
In a large bowl, combine pork, egg, breadcrumbs, milk, maple syrup, fennel, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper. Add lukewarm onion mixtu