Prosciutto Wrapped Pork Meatballs
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1 hour 5 min
This dish is simple, yet delicious. Pork meatballs are wrapped with prosciutto, pan-fried, then baked in tomato sauce with mozzarella cheese. They are perfect with pasta or mash.
Katch22
12 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 500g minced pork
- 3 spring onions, finely chopped
- 125g instant polenta
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 50g cream cheese with herbs
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 8 slices prosciutto
- 550g tomato pasta sauce, such as Dolmio bolognese sauce
- 100g grated mozzarella cheese
- oil spray for greasing
Method
Prep:30min ›
Cook:35min ›
Ready in:1hr5min
- Mix together minced pork, spring onions, polenta, Parmesan, cream cheese, garlic and 3 tablespoons pasta sauce. Form into 8 meatballs and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5.
- Wrap each meatball in 1 piece of prosciutto, securing with cocktail sticks.
- Spray a deep frying pan and a shallow baking dish with oil.
- Heat frying pan over medium heat; brown meatballs on all sides.
- Remove from heat and remove cocktail sticks.
- Place meatballs in baking dish, cover with remaining pasta sauce. Scatter with mozzarella cheese. Bake for 20 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is bubbling.
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Reviews & ratings
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Absolutely delicious, first time we made it we had to substitute polenta with cous cous which was very tasty but not a patch on when you make it with all the correct ingredients! - 10 Jun 2013