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Easy fish balls potatoes and mackerel - Italian style fishballs!

And today we try a tasty dish: amazingly juicy fishballs! Because we are still in lockdown, we need to cook with what we have, and I'm full of canned mackerel and potatoes in my cupboard!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Indicative Cost: $25
Complexity: Easy

Equipment

  • Pan

Ingredients

  • 450 gr mackerel canned
  • 4 potatoes
  • 680 gr Tomato Passata
  • 80 gr Pecorino cheese
  • garlic
  • parsley
  • 1 egg
  • black olives pitted
Metric - US Customary

Procedure

  • Let's get ready with the tomato sauce: garlic and parsley gently frying in extra-virgin olive oil. Add the tomato sauce;
  • In the meanwhile, we boil the potatoes and, after cooling them down for a bit, we mash them;
  • Cut half of the black olives and chop the parsley: mix these with the mashed potatoes. Then add the mackerel, salt, black pepper, the egg and the Parmesan cheese;
  • Make a few fishballs with the mix we just prepared;
  • Put the fishballs in the tomato sauce, covered them delicately in sauce, add the remaining black olives (whole, pitted) then put the lid on and let everything cook, at low heat, for 10 minutes;
  • ENJOY

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Italian Food Boss Special Tip

Try to compress the fishballs pretty hard when you shape them!
Italian Food Boss

Nutrition Label

Nutrition Facts
Easy fish balls potatoes and mackerel - Italian style fishballs!
Amount Per Serving
Calories 499 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 115mg38%
Sodium 413mg18%
Potassium 2132mg61%
Carbohydrates 53g18%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 37g74%
Vitamin A 1079IU22%
Vitamin C 62mg75%
Calcium 301mg30%
Iron 6mg33%
* Based on a 2000 calorie diet. Values are not medical advice, to be used as reference only!

Other Info

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
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