Coconut Meatballs– Primal, Paleo, Clean Eating and Kid friendly

Coconut Meatballs– Primal, Paleo, Clean Eating and Kid friendly

Something different

Sweet and savoury balls of awesome. If you have come this far, you obviously want some new flavour combinations to try. Coconut and pineapple go well together. We all know the Pina colada principle applies. We also know pineapple and pork go well together. Hawaiian Pizza is a firm favourite around here. Enter some creative madness (or genius) why not combine all three flavours?

Pork, pineapple and coconut

Genius doesn't always mean perfect. This recipe was no exception. Knowing that these flavours would work didn't make the recipe easy to develop. As always eating your mistakes helps to refine the recipe but this one felt the envy genius might have been madness. After. Many tries (6 in total) I finally got it right.

Coconut Meatballs recipe

Ingredients

1 cup toasted coconut threads

1tsp. cayenne pepper

1cup crushed pineapple

2tsp. coconut aminos

1 1/2tsp. ginger

3 garlic cloves minced

1/2tsp. chilli

4 spring onions, thinly sliced

2 eggs, beaten

1 kg minced pork

Instructions

Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl until evenly mixed

Roll the meat into small balls about the equivalent of 1 heaped teaspoon per ball

Place the balls on a baking sheet lined with baking paper

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C/ 350 degrees F for 30 minutes until the balls are golden all over.

Practical bits

Prep time

15 minutes

Cooking time

30 minutes

Equipment

Bowl

Baking sheet

Baking paper

Macros

Servings - 10

Calories per serving  243

Fat 16g

Carbs 5g

Protein 21g

* macro breakdown is estimated on average values of ingredients