Description
Tender pork meatballs served with creamy sweet potato mash and drizzled with a rich bourbon-maple sauce.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground pork
- 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
- In a large mixing bowl, combine ground pork, breadcrumbs, grated onion, minced garlic, smoked paprika, dried sage, egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper. Mix gently and form into 16 meatballs.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add meatballs and cook until browned on all sides, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate.
- In a pot, boil cubed sweet potatoes in salted water for 12-15 minutes until tender. Drain and set aside.
- Deglaze the skillet with bourbon, scraping up browned bits. Add maple syrup, Dijon mustard, and chicken stock, then return meatballs to skillet and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
- In a separate bowl, mash sweet potatoes with butter, cream, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt until smooth.
- Whisk in cold butter into the bourbon-maple sauce off the heat. Serve the meatballs over sweet potato mash and drizzle with sauce.
Notes
Make-ahead: Meatballs can be prepared a day in advance. Consider using an air fryer or oven for cooking alternatives.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Skillet Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 48g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 90mg
Keywords: pork meatballs, sweet potato mash, bourbon-maple sauce, comfort food