Spinach Ricotta Meatballs (meatless) | Italian Dish

Описание: Watch John and I make these pretty easy cheesy meatballs without the meat but WITH yummy sautéed spinach. We also show how we make a quick marinara sauce.

Recipe below:

Ingredients:
8 oz. Spinach
15 oz. Whole milk ricotta
1 Egg
4 Garlic cloves, chopped
1 cup Breadcrumbs
1/3 cup Pecorino cheese, shredded
1/3 Sweet onion, chopped
Tomato sauce (we made homemade; you can use jarred)
Pinch of hot pepper flakes, optional
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt, to taste
Black pepper, to taste

Directions:
Remove as much liquid from the ricotta cheese as you can. Place the ricotta into a dry mixing bowl.

Prepare the spinach: In a skillet, pour in about an ounce of olive oil and add one chopped garlic clove to cook over a medium flame. Add in the spinach and mix with a wooden spoon until about half of the spinach has wilted. Sprinkle in some sea salt and black pepper and continue to saute until all of the spinach has wilted. Scoop the spinach into a hand strainer placed over a bowl and squeeze the excess water out.
Place the spinach on a dish and let cool down in the refrigerator for about fifteen minutes.Once the spinach has cooled down, place it into a cheese cloth and squeeze more of the water out. Remove from the cheese cloth, chop it up and add into the mixing bowl with the ricotta.

In the mixing bowl with the spinach and ricotta, add in the egg, hot pepper flakes, one chopped garlic, dash of sea salt, dash of black pepper and the pecorino cheese. Mix together using a spoon or silicone spatula. Once mixed, using clean hands, start adding in the breadcrumbs slowly and mixing by hand. Continue to mix and add in a bit more breadcrumbs until the mix is more firm. Depending on the amount of liquid in your mix, you may need more or less breadcrumbs to hold the spinach and ricotta meatballs together.

Once completely mixed, begin rolling the spinach and ricotta meatballs into the size of your preference.

Add the spinach and ricotta meatballs into warmed tomato sauce and cover with the sauce. Cook for about forty minutes over a low flame, moving the spinach and ricotta meatballs around occasionally.



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