Meatballs, and it is immediately happiness. This season, try making them with cabbage, a way to make children taste this vegetable too
The meatballs are always a great idea: they can be cooked in many ways, in wet, fried or al oven, and they can be made with virtually any ingredient, from meat to the fish up to the meatballs of the sun vegetables, ideal for who it is vegetarian. In theme with the season, we propose today some meatballs made with cabbage and potatoes, greedy and comforting. Typical vegetable of the cold season, the cabbage with its slightly sweet flavor but which stands out, can revive any dish.
Do you want to try to make them? Allow about 45 minutes between preparation and cooking and read the recipe step by step below. In the gallery, however, you will find some variant to make them even more delicious.
How to make cabbage meatballs: the recipe
Ingredients
To make the cabbage meatballs, you will need: 350 gr of potatoes, 200 gr of cabbage, 1 egg, 1 leek, extra virgin olive oil, grated Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to taste.
Method
While boiling the potatoes with their peel in salted water, fry the finely chopped leek in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and then the cabbage leaves, stewing them, adding half a glass of water. Season with salt and pepper. Meanwhile, peel the potatoes and add them to the cabbage, mashing them with a fork.
Now transfer the cooked vegetables to a bowl to which add the grated cheese, a few tablespoons of breadcrumbs and the whole egg. Work the dough with a fork, until it is smooth and let it rest in the fridge for half an hour.
Remove it from the fridge, it is now ready to form the meatballs: try to make them round and all of the same size. Put them in breadcrumbs and cook them in a pan in abundant oil until a golden crust forms on the surface. Remove from the pan, dry them with a sheet of absorbent paper and serve hot.
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