Baked Pork Meatballs with Pineapple and Buffalo Sauce

Top shot of baked pork meatballs on a white serving plate with a green cloth

Baked Pork Meatballs with Pineapple and Buffalo Sauce

These mini baked pork meatballs make for a delicious and easy make ahead appetizer. Pineapple is combined with ground pork and smothered in buffalo sauce for a sweet and spicy canapé that will impress your guests.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Chilling time 20

Total Time 55

Servings meatballs

Calories 73kcal

Author Slow The Cook Down

Ingredients

17.5 oz ground pork 500g
6 tbsp canned crushed pineapple
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
salt and pepper
buffalo sauce

Instructions

Place the ground pork, pineapple and breadcrumbs in to a large bowl. Add a few good pinches of salt and pepper and mix with your hands until all the ingredients are incorporated
Take pieces of the mixture and roll gently into golf sized balls. Place in the fridge for 20 minutes or until you are ready to cook them.
Pre heat the oven to 200ºc / 390f
When ready to cook, place the meatballs on a baking tray and drizzle over buffalo sauce - as much or as little as you like. Place in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the meatballs have browned and are cooked through.
Serve with blue cheese dressing or more buffalo sauce. Enjoy straight away or eat cold

Notes

Let the meatballs sit in the fridge for at least 20 minutes before cooking them to help them keep their shape and to let the flavors develop.
Soak the cocktail sticks in water while you are making the ground pork meatballs so that they don't burn.
Cook the meatballs in a pre-heated oven for the best results.
The meatballs can be eaten cold, or reheated in a warm oven.
Nutritional value based on 1 of 20 baked pork meatballs.

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