Third one of mine, either main dish or heavy appetizer:
Recipe - Ham Balls in Pineapple Sauce
Here's a nice alternative to the usual ground beef or generic ground pork meatball...ham balls:
Ham balls used to be ubiquitous here, and they're still not exactly uncommon, but they're now seen as retro, but not in a cool hipster way; more frumpy than hip. I love them, though (along with it's big sibling, the ham loaf). I even posted an earlier, different recipe for ham balls (and ham loaf...see, I told you I love this stuff!). These come with a pineapple glaze.
The verdict: hard for me to go wrong with a ham ball, and I liked the flavor of these quite a bit. It's a very simplistic mix, so the ham really comes through, nothing complicated. I was fortunate in that I had everything already on hand - the ham is from a holiday ham at the beginning of the year, so I was happy to put that to use, and the breadcrumbs came from some sandwich rolls I made recently.
The glaze...the flavor is fine, but there isn't enough of it, and it baked down to a thick jam consistency (not looking forward to cleaning that off) - when I reheat these tomorrow, I'll make some additional glaze to go with it. If you like your holiday ham in smaller portions, though, this is a way to achieve that.
Oh, I served that on a bed of cauliflower rice, flavored with a little sesame oil, ginger, and parsley.
