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Meatballs with mashed sweet potatoes

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 35 minutes, around $3.64 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

35mintotal
≈ $3.64a serving
602kcalper serving
50gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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Meatballs with mashed sweet potatoes, a serving idea
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Peel and cut

    Peel the 500 g of sweet potatoes and cut them into 3 cm cubes. Peel the onion and chop it really finely.

  2. Cook the sweet potatoes

    Put the cubes in the saucepan, cover with cold salted water and bring to a boil. Let them cook at a gentle simmer for 15 min, until a knife slides in with no resistance.

  3. Cook the onion

    Meanwhile, heat half the olive oil in the skillet over medium heat and cook the chopped onion for 3 min, until it turns translucent. Tip it into the mixing bowl and let it cool a bit.

  4. Shape the meatballs

    Add the 400 g of ground meat to the bowl with the onion, plus salt and pepper. Mix by hand and shape 8 walnut-sized meatballs.

  5. Cook the meatballs

    Heat the rest of the oil in the skillet over medium-high heat and cook the meatballs for 8 min, turning them, until they're golden with no pink left in the middle (70 °C minimum).

    Tip · Only flip the meatballs once they release from the skillet on their own. Cut one in half to make sure there's no pink left in the center.

  6. Drain the sweet potatoes

    Drain the sweet potatoes in the colander, then put them back in the empty saucepan on the turned-off burner for 1 min so they dry out.

  7. Mash them up

    Warm the milk for 30 s in the small saucepan or the microwave. Mash the sweet potatoes with the butter, pour in the milk a little at a time, then season with salt and pepper.

    Tip · Pour in the warm milk bit by bit as you mash: sweet potatoes don't all soak it up the same way, so stop when you like the texture.

  8. Plate and serve

    Split the mash between two plates and set the meatballs on top. Drizzle the pan juices over everything.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 602 kcal. 33% comes from carbs, 33% from protein and 31% from fat.

49 gCarbs
50 gProtein
21 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy602 kcal
Protein50.1 g
Carbs49 g
of which sugars15.3 g
Fat21 g
of which saturated fat7.9 g
Fiber8.4 g
Salt0.6 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.64 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $7.28for 2 people
≈ $3.64a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. And it freezes really well.

2 daysin the fridge
Very wellin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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