Spinach Balls Malfatti
From mark555 16 years ago
- 5 minutes to make
- Serves 4
These require a bit of pre planning as you need to make them the day before and they need to chill over night. I find them very tasty, as we use whole wheat bread around our house that is what I use for the wet bread crumbs. Read more I think it gives it a nice flavor. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. See less
Ingredients
- 10 sprigs parsley (I use dried and about 3 Tbsp. Spoons or a palm full) shopping list
- 1 clove chopped garlic shopping list
- ¼ chopped onion shopping list
- 1 package (1 Cup) chopped frozen spinach or swiss chard (squeeze out the water) shopping list
- salt (optional) I don’t use much salt and you get it from the soup stock. shopping list
- pepper to taste shopping list
- 1 ½ Cups bread soaked in soup stock (chicken bouillon works great) shopping list
- ½ cup dry bread crumbs shopping list
- 3 eggs beaten shopping list
- ½ Cup grated parmesan cheese shopping list
- olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- Fry onion, garlic, and parsley (if using fresh parsley) in olive oil until tender
- Add bread to soup stock/bouillon squeeze out as much liquid a possible. You now have a bread mush that needs to be chopped or broken up so that it mixes with the other ingredients.
- Add bread, spinach, onion & garlic, parsley, cheese, and beaten eggs (all ingredients) and mix well in a bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and chill over night in the refrigerator.
- Form by rounded Tbsp spoons or roll into 3” “fingers” and roll lightly in flour (If you don’t want to use flour don’t they work out well with out the flour)
- Put in a single layer on floured baking sheets.
- Chill until ready to boil
- Cook in lightly salted boiling water (or soup stock) 4-5 minutes (when they float to the top of the water they are done.)
- Drain and serve as a main dish with a meat sauce or I like them as a side dish.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
Never would have thought of making something like this. Sounds really good. Just The kind of recipe I look for.
juels
in Clayton loved it
-
These sound very good, I can read the list of ingredients and know that I am going to like it. Is that what they call, "savoring with your eyes"?Anyway, You have a 5....Cheryl. I also flagged it for interesting.
cherylannxo
in Santa Nella loved it
-
Wow, these look really good. I'm printing this out to try. Thanks, Mark!
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
Reviews & Comments 6
-
All Comments
-
Your Comments
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "
" It was excellent "