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Pork and Apple Meatballs with Brown Sugar Glaze

Are you looking for a delicious and easy party appetiser? These pork and apple meatballs with Brown Sugar Glaze are perfect! They are so flavourful and everyone will love them. Plus, the brown sugar glaze is to die for. You don’t want to miss out on this recipe.

The ingredients for this fabulous appetiser are simple and readily available.

  • Minced pork
  • Apple
  • Egg
  • Breadcrumbs
  • brown sugar
  • white vinegar
  • Balsamic vinegar

It’s also a super easy and quick recipe that can be prepared a day ahead of time and reheated on the day.

Mix the minced pork, apple, breadcrumbs and egg and then shape into small balls. I use a mini ice cream scoop/cookie scoop to do this as it gives a more uniform size. Place meatballs on a lined baking tray and bake for 15 minutes.

Mix all the ingredients for the glaze together in a large frypan and cook on low until the sugar has dissolved.

Add in the baked meatballs and bring to a simmer.

Simmer the meatballs for approximately 15 minutes until the glaze reduces and thickens and starts to coat the meatballs.

Serve the meatballs on a platter with toothpicks.

Pork and Apple Meatballs with Brown Sugar Glaze

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes

Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 800 grams Pork Mince
  • 1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 Apple, peeled and grated I used Royal Gala but any apple thats in season will do
  • 1 egg

Glaze

  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 4 tbsp white vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Balsamic vinegar

Instructions

Meatballs

  • Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F)
  • In a large bowl combine pork, breadcrumbs, apple and egg. mix very well.
  • Shape into small meatballs. I use a mini ice cream scoop that gives a nice uniform size.
  • Place meatballs on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 15 minutes in the oven.

Glaze

  • While the meatballs are baking. Place sugar, and both vinegars into a large frypan and heat on low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
  • Remove the meatballs from the oven and place in the frypan with the glaze and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes – (mixture should be bubbling but not boiling. Turn meatballs several times until the glaze has reduced and thickened and the meatballs are nicely coated.

Notes

If like me you will be reheating these the next day you may want to reduce the cooking time to 10 minutes if it is thickening too quickly.  I found 15 minutes was perfect.  If you find when you go to reheat (on a low heat) that the mixture has thickened too much and is in danger of burning while you’re reheating just add a little water at a time until it loosens a little.  You don’t want it too runny though or it wont coat the meatballs properly.

These pork and apple meatballs with brown sugar glaze are the perfect appetiser for your next party. The sweet and savoury glaze is irresistible, and the meatballs are easy to make ahead of time. Do you have an a go to appetiser? If not, give these a try!

If meatballs are not for you why not try my delicious tomato feta and basil tart.

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2 Comments

    1. These ones were a bit of a make up as I went and they ended up being the perfect appetiser. I forgot to take a pic of them being served but I had picks in each one on a platter and it was perfect.

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