Spanish Pork Meatballs
Spanish Pork Meatballs
This is a traditional Spanish recipe that is common in tapas bars in
Spain. Serve with toothpicks to get an authentic tapas feel.
Ingrediënten
- ½ pound of ground pork
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons of onion finely chopped
- ¼ cup of breadcrumbs
- ¼ teaspoon of dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of ground pepper
- Oil for frying
- Flour for dusting
For the sauce:
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic minced
- 2 tablespoons of chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons of piqu
Instructies
- Combine the first 8 ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Form meatballs about the size of a teaspoon.
- The mixture should make about 20 meatballs of this size.
- Heat ½ inch of oil in a skillet.
- Dust the meatballs with flour evenly on each side.
- Brown in the skillet.
- Drain and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in the skillet, and sauté the garlic, onion, and peppers.
- Add the chicken broth and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add the meatballs to the sauce and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Turn the meatballs often.
- The sauce will thicken.
- Be sure the meatballs are cooked all the way through before serving.
