Peppercorn Chicken Meatballs with Garlic Mash
A comforting dish bursting with flavour, these chicken meatballs with mashed potatoes make an excellent dinner for the family.
Introduction
Healthy and yet hearty, this dish will become a family favourite. Golden chicken and thyme meatballs in a creamy peppercorn sauce on top of mashed potato is without doubt a good way to end a long day.
Ingredients
| 4 large or 6 medium | potatoes, peeled and diced |
| salt and pepper | |
| 12 | chicken meatballs |
| 1 tsp | garlic powder |
| 2 tsp | dried thyme olive oil |
| 1 | white onion, chopped |
| 2 cloves of | garlic, minced |
| 200g | white mushrooms, quartered |
| 200ml | chicken stock |
| 1 tbsp | whole peppercorns |
| 1 tsp | cracked black pepper (or less, depending on your taste) |
| 2 heaped tbsp | mascarpone cheese |
| 1 tsp | Dijon mustard |
| 1 tbsp | Worcestershire sauce |
| a handful of | fresh parsley leaves, chopped |
| a splash of | milk |
| a knob of | butter for the mash |
Method
Peel the potatoes, dice into roughly 4cm chunks and wash them, then add them to a large saucepan of salted boiling water. Boil them for 20 minutes, or until soft.
Meanwhile, put the chicken meatballs into a bowl and season with the garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of thyme and salt and pepper, then heat up some oil in a large frying pan and add the chicken meatballs. Fry these over a medium heat for 8–10 minutes, giving the pan a shake every so often so they colour on all sides, until golden and crispy on the outside and cooked through, then remove and set aside.
Add a little more oil and the chopped onion to the same pan and fry for a few minutes until the onion starts to soften. Add the garlic and the other teaspoon of thyme and fry everything for a few more minutes, then add the mushrooms and fry for 5 more minutes, stirring often, until the mushrooms have softened.
Add the stock, whole peppercorns and cracked black pepper and simmer for a few more minutes until the stock has reduced by half. Stir in the mascarpone, Dijon and Worcestershire sauce and mix everything together with the veg to get a creamy sauce. Season with salt to taste, then add the meatballs back into the sauce with some freshly chopped parsley and simmer everything for a further few minutes.
Drain the potatoes and mash them with a splash of milk and knob of butter. Season to taste then spoon the mash into bowls. Add 3 meatballs on top of the mash, spoon some sauce over the top and serve.
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