{"id":25017,"date":"2018-09-22T13:17:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T17:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/2018\/09\/22\/albondigas-de-lomo-de-cerdo\/"},"modified":"2020-05-24T20:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T00:27:00","slug":"pork-loin-meatballs-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enrilemoine.com\/en\/2018\/09\/22\/pork-loin-meatballs-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pork Loin Meatballs + VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Pork Loin Meatballs in Tomato Sauce recipe is part of my collaboration as brand ambassador of the National Pork Board\u2019s \u201cPork Es Sabor\u201d<\/a>\u00a0to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Thank you for reading and supporting the brands that make Savoir Faire possible.<\/em>\"Pork<\/a><\/p>\n

These pork loin meatballs are one of those recipes that you carry in your heart. They go from generation to generation without even having to been written. The meatballs my mom used to make inspired my pork loin meatballs.<\/p>\n

My mom did not like to cook, but she is a great cook and continues to create and recreate delicious recipes. From her, I inherited that curiosity that leads me to experiment with ingredients from other latitudes and also the taste for gourmet food.\"Pork<\/a><\/p>\n

But today’s recipe is plain comfort food, the one that you treasure because it brings back memories of your childhood. When I was 13, my mom taught me how to make white rice, fried ripe plantain slices<\/a>, tuna salad <\/a>and meatballs in tomato sauce.<\/p>\n

I remember as if it were yesterday when she told me that when combining the ingredients for the meatballs, you had to manipulate the pork as little as possible so that the meatballs would come out soft. She also shared one of her culinary tricks: to add two bay leaves to the tomato sauce because \u201cbay brings out the best flavor of pork.\u201d She was right.\"Pork<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m sure that when she taught me the essentials of cooking, my mom didn\u2019t want me to be just a housewife. On the contrary, my mother raised my sister and me to be independent professional women. And she had to do it very well because we both ended up graduating or working in Ivy League universities.<\/p>\n

I think that teaching me how to make those four dishes was part of my “integral” training, gastronomically speaking, I think she also achieved her goal, so thank you, mom!\"Pork<\/a><\/p>\n

How to make Pork Loin Meatballs in Tomato Sauce<\/h3>\n

That said, now I’m going to share my recipe. My mom’s meatballs were breaded and then fried to finish cooking in a tomato sauce. Unlike my mom\u2019s recipe, I don\u2019t bread or fry my meatballs, I bake them, instead. I also make my meatballs exclusively with pork loin, which I ask the butcher to grind for me. The reason? Actually, there are several: first, pork loin is one of the leanest and healthiest pork cuts; second, everything with pork tastes better and, last but not least, pork is a super affordable protein, so what else can you ask for?\"Pork<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, I have to clarify: these are not Italian, American or Mexican meatballs. These are pork loin meatballs like those we used to eat in Caracas, where I was born and raised. They have the Caracas seasoning, including Worcestershire sauce, the famous “salsa inglesa<\/em>” my grandma Ligia was so fond of. When I eat them, I feel like I’m eating my mom’s food.<\/p>\n

I barely add a splash of olive oil to saut\u00e9 the sofrito<\/em> for the sauce. When you make my pork loin meatballs, you\u2019ll see that there is absolutely no fat left on the plate. That’s the wonder of cooking with pork: you don\u2019t have to add fat to make it taste delicious.<\/p>\n

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And now I share with you my pork loin meatballs in tomato sauce recipe, but not before inviting you to watch the next video, where I show you how I cook them step by step and a request that if you have not done it yet, please subscribe to my YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

I also invite you to visit www.PorkEsSabor.com<\/a> for more delicious pork-based recipes to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.<\/p>\n

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