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Provolone Cheese Balls Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Deliathecrone / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago Meatballs are a standby of Italian cuisine. These cheese balls are a little more unusual, but will work nicely with a tossed salad in a light luncheon, and will also be a good antipasto or party food. The recipe will also work well with caciocavallo cheese. ... More Prep:20m Cook:15m Servings:4	Deliathecro
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Ingredients

2/5 pound sharp provolone

6 ounces day-old bread (a piece of a loaf rather than slices) or

breadcrumbs

1/4 cup finely minced parsley

4-5 eggs, depending upon their size

Oil for frying

A little flour

A pinch of freshly ground nutmeg

Salt and pepper

Tomato sauce

(You could also add as much garlic as you can tolerate, for a change)

Directions

Grate the cheese and the bread. Mince the parsley. Put the breadcrumbs through a strainer to insure that there are no large pieces, and combine them in a bowl with the cheese and the parsley; season the mixture with a pinch of nutmeg, a grind of pepper, and a little salt, keeping in mind that the cheese is also salty.

The mixture will be fairly stiff; turn it out onto a floured counter top

and divide it into 2-3 equal parts. Roll them under your palms to make snakes the diameter of your thumb, and cut the snakes into 1 1/4-inch lengths. Roll the pieces between your palms to make balls, flatten them so they are about a half-inch thick, and flour them.

While you are preparing the balls set your oil to heat on the stove; it

should be quite hot but not smoking.

Beat the remaining eggs in a bowl; dredge your cheese balls in the egg, and fry them in the hot oil for a couple of minutes, or until golden.

Drain them on absorbent paper and serve them hot, with tomato sauce for those who want it.

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juliecake 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Will be making these very soon, thanks. I didn't know figs grew in UT, thanks for the info. You just don't see them in the stores.

chefmeow 1 year, 7 months ago said:
This sounds fantastic. I'm like you, cheese is a necessity. Yummy, yummy, yummy.

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