The sweet and salty flavor of these meatballs comes from the ground pork, applesauce, soy sauce, and carrots.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 pound baby carrots
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 2 tablespoons vegetable stock
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground sumac
- ½ teaspoon chopped fresh rosemary
- ½ teaspoon chopped fresh sage
- salt and ground white pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat butter in a large pan over medium heat until completely melted. Add carrots and shallot to pan; cook and stir until the carrots are coated in butter and shallots are slightly soft, about 5 minutes.
- Stir vegetable stock, thyme, ground nutmeg, and ground sumac into the carrots; cover pan, reduce heat to low, and cook and stir until most of the liquid has disappeared, about 15 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat and garnish carrots with rosemary, sage, salt, and white pepper.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 77 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 8 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 118 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I added my own touches – a chopped potato and curry, cayenne, cumin and turmeric instead of the spices in the original recipe. Very yummy!
4.25.18 The one thing that I always buy organic is carrots, never buy baby carrots. That being said, I diagonally cut my carrots into chunks and with the small amount of liquid called for in this recipe, I had concerns about whether or not the carrots would cook before the vegetable stock cooked out. So I did give them a bit of a head start by steaming them in the microwave for a couple minutes. I did not have fresh sage (that’s one herb I don’t grow), so I used dried and stirred it into the carrots along with the salt and a fresh grind of pepper, rather than using those three ingredients as a garnish. Very flavorful and savory side dish to pork roast, mashed potatoes and gravy.
I did not have baby carrots so I just sliced some carrots up. I really like the tart flavor sumac adds but I don’t think the nutmeg added anything to the recipe. Next time I will just leave it out. If you want a change from your everyday boring carrots try this one!