Croquettes with peas and ricotta Difficulty: low Preparation: 30 min Cooking time: 10 min Serves: 4 people Cost: low Presentation Croquettes peas and cottage cheese are a really tasty delicacies to be prepared as an appetizer for a dinner among friends. These croquettes peas and cottage cheese can be prepared also involving smaller, making them play with the dough to form the croquettes themselves. For the croquettes Pea pods 200 gr Ricotta 300 g Breadcrumbs 90g Egg yolks 3 Parmesan cheese 50 gr Salt to taste Pepper to taste ground Nutmeg grated pinch Olive oil 2 tablespoons Fresh onion 1 FOR THE BREADING Eggs 3 egg whites Breadcrumbs 2-3 tablespoons FOR FRYING Seed oil abundant The first step to prepare croquettes peas and cottage cheese is cooked peas. In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of oil and add the onion chopped fresh (1); let it brown gently for a few minutes, when it is golden add the peas (2) and cook until they are tender, adding a little water if necessary so as not to burn them, with salt (3) and continue cooking for about ten minutes. When the peas are tender (4), transfer them into the blender (5) and add the ricotta (6), operate the mixer and blend it all for a while. Once you have a smooth paste transfer it in a bowl and add the grated Parmesan cheese (7), pour the eggs lightly beaten (8) and add to the mixture also nutmeg and breadcrumbs (9). Mix the ingredients well (10) prelevatene small doses at a time and shaping them with their hands (11) ricavatene meatballs, about 23 to 40 grams each; immerse quickly croquettes peas and cottage cheese in egg whites lightly beaten (12); Breaded now croquettes peas and cottage cheese pinwheels well in bread crumbs (13) up to end them; in the meantime heat the oil for frying in a pan with high edges, and when it has reached the right temperature croquettes immerse two or three at a time (14) and turn them with the aid of a pliers so as to brown them on all sides ( 15). Trsferite croquettes peas and cottage cheese on a plate covered with paper towels and season with salt pleasure slightly on the surface. Serve the croquettes still warm.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:08:52 +0000