Pork meatballs with fennel and apple slaw

These meatballs from Michelle Bridges are the perfect flavour-packed dish to share with your gluten-free or coeliac friends. Juicy pork meatballs are seasoned with garlic, ginger and chilli and served with a sweet and zesty lemony slaw. Serve with steamed broccolini and flaked almonds.

Credit: Jiwon Kim

• serves

  4

• prep

  20 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 600 g lean pork mince
• 2 tsp ginger, finely grated
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tsp chilli paste
• Olive oil spray, for cooking
• 2 red apples (250 g), thinly sliced
• 2 baby fennel (230 g), halved, thinly sliced
• 120 g white cabbage, thinly shredded
• 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
• 70 g low-fat natural yoghurt
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 bunch broccolini, steamed, to serve
• 30 g toasted flaked almonds, to serve

Instructions

1. In a medium bowl, combine the pork mince, ginger, garlic and chilli. Mix well to combine, then roll level tablespoons into meatballs – you should have 20 in total.
   
2. Heat a large, non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Lightly spray the meatballs with the spray oil, then add to the pan and cook for 10 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally, to ensure they brown evenly. Combine the apple, fennel, cabbage and spring onion in a large mixing bowl. Spoon over the yoghurt and lemon juice and toss lightly to combine.
   
3. Serve the pork meatballs with the fennel and apple slaw, steamed broccolini and sprinkle over the toasted flaked almonds.
   

Note

• Toss the sliced apple with extra lemon juice to help prevent it from discolouring.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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