Bread Meatballs: Apulian Recipe

INGREDIENTS

• Ingredients for 15-20 bread balls;
• 500g of bread (I’m from Altamura but you can use your usual bread);
• 2 medium-sized eggs;
• Chopped parsley to taste;
• Milk to taste;
• Pepper to taste:
• 50 g of pecorino and 50 g of grated parmesan;
• A pinch of salt, 1 clove of garlic;
• Peanut oil for frying to taste

STEP

1. To start, take the bread, remove the crust and then crumble it coarsely;
2. We place the bread in a bowl and pour in the milk, the bread will be quite soft, we squeeze it to eliminate the excess milk;
3. After that, in the bowl where we put the breadcrumbs, we add the eggs, chopped parsley, grated cheeses, salt and chopped garlic;
4.  We knead with our hands until we obtain a compact dough,
5. With a spoon or with our hands we form our bread balls;
6. We transfer our meatballs onto a tray, let them rest in the fridge for 25/30 minutes;
7. Now we can fry in plenty of hot oil, remember to do it a few at a time so as not to lower the temperature of the oil;
8. When the meatballs are golden on all sides, remove them with a slotted spoon;
9. We gradually place our meatballs on absorbent paper to eliminate the excess oil;
10. We place our bread meatballs on a nice tray and serve them hot;
11. THEY ARE FABULOUS!!!