Pork, Ricotta & Fennel Seed Meatballs with Tomato Cream Butter Beans

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2 hr cook
Making meatballs is a great way to stretch the quantity of meat you buy, bulking it out with extra ingredients that bring flavour and boost texture.
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Pork Ricotta Fennel Seed Meatballs with Tomato Cream Butter Beans
Serves
4
FOR THE MEATBALLS
Pork Mince
Ricotta
Egg
Breadcrumb
Pecorino
Ground Fennel
Salt
Black Pepper
Olive Oil
FOR THE BEANS
Garlic Clove
Tomato Purée
Drained Cooked Butter Beans
Double Cream
Sage
Chilli Flakes
Olive Oil

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Jessica S.
9 days ago
My daughter had three servings of this, and then ate the last meatball from the pot standing at the counter. We all loved it. 2 things - I baked the meatballs for 10 minutes. I just find that easier than pan-frying. And I added half a jar of pasta sauce just to give it a bit more sauce.
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Alex J.
10 days ago
Have now made this lovely dish for the second time - this time with vegan mince and creme fraiche instead of double cream, as I was just thinking about the calories etc - note to self - absolutely use DOUBLE CREAM - it makes the dish!!! :)
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Alex J.
18 days ago
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Wow! Absolutely delicious! I cooked this last night for friends and we loved it. So flavoursome. I couldn't find 100 % pork mince so had to settle for pork/beef mix but it still tasted amazing. This is going to be a regular so easy to make! I added a few more chilli flakes to sauce and a few red pepper flakes too. I used 3 tins of butter beans not 2 and that was fine. I was tempted to use creme fraiche but chose to stick to receipe and use double cream. I think this gave it a really rich feel which was fab with the butter beans. Big thanks Claire T at Mob - yet another winner 🏆
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Allicia B.
20 days ago
This was so tasty. I'll put more butter beans in next time as they were so tasty. Even my 5 year old loved it!
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Meagan B.
21 days ago
F***ing yummmmmm! Can’t wait to make again.
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Camilla L.
25 days ago
Damn!!! This taste soooooooo freaking good! A new favorite 😍
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Mika R.
a month ago
Sage is not mentioned on any of the steps. Tasty reciepe!
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Dougal M.
a month ago
(edited)
It is in step 4; "Add the garlic and sage to the pan"
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Laura J.
a month ago
100% will make again. Boyfriend loved it. Easy to make too!
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Jenna P.
2 months ago
Do you know why the meatballs can only be made 8 hours before to chill? I would like to make tonight and finish making and eat for dinner tomorrow?!
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Mob
2 months ago
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Admin
Hi Jenna, thanks for flagging this. You can make these a day ahead – just cover them and store in the fridge for 24 hours before continuing as described. We've updated the method to include this accurate info.
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Zoe H.
2 months ago
Tasty dish!
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Emma D.
4 months ago
We made these vegan buy switching out the pork with vegan mince and using vegan cream cheese for the ricotta and oat milk cream and it was delicious, will definitely be making again!
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Hana M.
5 months ago
Made this last night and they're right, the pork meatballs were still so juicy although I loved the beans sauce more. Next time we're going to add sun dried tomatoes as well for a kick of flavour.
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Simone L.
5 months ago
Added mushrooms to the dish because we had left overs, worked so well. I think next time I’ll add a bay leaf to add to the earthy flavours! So delish, had to get some sort of bread to mop up the sauce 🤤 all we had were chapatis 🤣
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Amy D.
7 months ago
Sweeeeeeet creamy slightly spicy porky deliciousness

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