Pork Meatballs and Spinach Pasta recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ pounds ground pork
¼ cup pine nuts
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
½ (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
½ (16 ounce) package mini penne pasta
1 teaspoon olive oil
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese

Nutrition Info

641.5 calories
carbohydrate: 44.3 g
cholesterol: 114.6 mg
fat: 32.8 g
fiber: 3.7 g
protein: 42.9 g
saturatedFat: 11 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 482.4 mg
sugar: 2.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Set oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.

  2. Mix pork, pine nuts, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and black pepper in a bowl, shape pork mixture into 1/2-inch meatballs and arrange on a baking sheet.

  3. Bake meatballs in the preheated oven until browned and center is no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Turn the tray around once to be sure the meatballs roast evenly, flip meatballs halfway through cooking.

  4. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook mini penne in the boiling water for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add spinach and continue cooking until pasta is cooked through but firm to the bite, about 3 minutes more. Reserve about 1/4 cup pasta cooking water and drain remaining water.

  5. Return pasta and spinach to the pot and stir in olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and reserved cooking water. Top pasta with meatballs before serving.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

This quick, easy dinner is full of flavor and vegetables. The pork is higher in fat, resulting in a juicy and delicious meatball. I use freshly ground cinnamon and Parmesan.

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