These are fantastic zucchini balls, a vegetarian balls recipe which will taste like meatballs… but meatless! Awesome!
This cooking procedure is fairly laborious, but no panic: all the steps are clearly explained in this videorecipe. I love this dish because it clubs together some ingredients I really like: the zucchini, the Parmesan cheese and the tasty tomato sauce that will absorb ALL the flavours!
Imagine dipping a nice slice of bread in that tomato sauce… and capturing the melting mozzarella as well. If you’re hungry already, please have a look at this videorecipe and cook it by yourself!
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Vegetarian balls recipe (with zucchini)
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 4 zucchini
- 160 gr ricotta
- 40 gr Parmesan cheese grated
- 90 gr breadcrumbs
- 70 gr flour
- 750 gr Tomato passata
- 1 egg
- 150 gr mozzarella
- basil
- salt and pepper
- olive oil extra-virgin
Procedure
- Start with preparing the tomato sauce: put a clove of garlic to gently fry in abundant EVO, then add the tomato passata and let it cook at low heat for 20-30 minutes;
- Grate the zucchini and mix the vegetable with the other ingredients: flour, breadcrumbs, egg, cheese, salt and pepper;
- Start making balls with this mix and then sear them from all side in abundant EVO;
- Once all balls are seared and the sauce is ready, drown the zucchini balls in the tomato sauce and let everything cook for additional 10-20 minutes at low heat
- Now drop some mozzarella pieces on top, lid on and let everything heat for 1 or 2 minutes;
- Serve and ENJOY!
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