{"id":18724,"date":"2011-12-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/cooks\/?p=245"},"modified":"2011-12-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:00:00","slug":"ham-meatballs-with-pineapple-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/ham-meatballs-with-pineapple-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Ham Meatballs with Pineapple Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hrecipe\">\n<p class=\"summary\"><em>This recipe is listed on the Cooks.com site  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cooks.com\/rec\/view\/0,1727,156189-247197,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">original here<\/a>) as &ldquo;Ham Balls,&rdquo; which I found an unusual and not necessarily inviting name. Still I clicked through and found a recipe for ham meatballs that are served with pineapple sauce. Now I&rsquo;m eager to try them out, though I\u2019ve changed the name so that I\u2019ll be more likely to convince the family to eat them.  Ham Meatballs with Pineapple Sauce is  the ninth of my 25 Appetizers of Christmas.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ingredients\">\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"ingredients\">\n<li> 1 lb ham ground (3 c.)<\/li>\n<li> 1 cup soft bread crumbs <\/li>\n<li>&frac14; cup finely chopped onion <\/li>\n<li>1 lb lean ground pork <\/li>\n<li>&frac12; cup milk <\/li>\n<li>2 eggs, slightly beaten<\/li>\n<li>8 oz can crushed pineapple <\/li>\n<li>&frac12; cup brown sugar, firmly packed <\/li>\n<li>&#8531; cup ketchup <\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp soy sauce <\/li>\n<li>&frac12; tsp ginger <\/li>\n<li>1 tsp cornstarch <\/li>\n<li>&#8531; cup vinegar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"instructions\">\n<h4>Directions<\/h4>\n<ol class=\"instructions\">\n<li>Preheat oven to 350&deg;F. <\/li>\n<li>Combine ingredients for ham balls in bowl; mix well. <\/li>\n<li>Shape into 1 inch balls and place in a 9 x 13 x 2 inch dish, and set aside while you make the sauce. <\/li>\n<li>Empty pineapple into bowl. <\/li>\n<li>Mix brown sugar and cornstarch; add to pineapple. <\/li>\n<li>Stir in remaining ingredients. <\/li>\n<li>Pour over meatballs and bake for 50 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"variations\">\n<a name=\"variations\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Variations<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"variations\">\n<li>The sauce is similar to a sweet-and-sour sauce. You could easily add some rice and veggies for a full meal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This recipe is listed on the Cooks.com site (original here) as &ldquo;Ham Balls,&rdquo; which I found an unusual and not necessarily inviting name. Still I clicked through and found a recipe for ham meatballs that are served with pineapple sauce. Now I&rsquo;m eager to try them out, though I\u2019ve changed the name so that I\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402,412],"tags":[480,513,533],"class_list":["post-18724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appetizer","category-meat","tag-ham","tag-pineapple","tag-sausage"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pqzI8-4S0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tengrrl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}