POLPETTINE DI CARNE E MELANZANE or AUBERGINE MEATBALLS
(from koshka’s recipe box)
Source: Antonio Carlucci’s An Invitation to Italian Cooking
Categories: фрикадельки, aubergine, italian, main course, meat
Ingredients
- 350 gr aubergine, also called eggplant
- 350 gr minced meat
- 1 egg
- 1 tblsp chopped parsley
- 1/2 chopped clove of garlic
- 4 tblsp freshly grated parmesan
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
Directions
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Peel the aubergines and cut them into thick slices that you boil in salted water for about 8 minutes. Put them in a sieve to cool.
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- Squeeze out the water and chop the slices coarsely or maybe I should say medium coarsely.
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- Put the minced meat in a bowl and add aubergine, egg, parmesan, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix carefully so that everything is evenly distributed.
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- Make balls of the size of a golf ball and fry them in olive oil.
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- You can serve them warm or cold.