Easy
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 6 eggs, beaten
- 300 gr Pecorino cheese
- 100 gr Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
- Stale bread – white part only
- A sprig of parsley
- Salt to taste
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 1 clove of garlic, chopped fine
- Extra virgin olive oil
PREPARATION
- In a bowl mix stale bread, eggs, Pecorino cheese, Parmesan cheese, parsley, garlic, pepper, salt.
- Add stale bread, if necessary, until the dough is soft and consistent.
- Shape into cheeseballs.
- Saute the cheeseballs in a pan with extra virgin olive oil.
- Separately, prepare the tomato sauce using tomato pulp or passata.
- When the sauce is ready dip the fried cheeseballs and cook for at least 20 minutes.
TOMATO SAUCE
- Chopped tomato or Passata
- Chopped onion or a clove of garlic
- Basil
- 3 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 medium bell pepper, red or green, cut into strips
- In a pan fry extra virgin olive oil and onion (or garlic, peeled and crushed).
- Add the chopped tomato and the pepper cut into strips.
- Add salt and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the leaves of basil – whole or chopped.
- Soak the fried cheeseballs in the sauce and cook for 20 minutes.