Italian
Anti-Waste Bread Meatballs
by Manu Food · 60K subscribers on YouTube
Anti-waste bread meatballs. In the kitchen, nothing is thrown away! With stale bread and a few ingredients, you get crispy on the outside, soft on the inside meatballs: simple, cheap, and super tasty.
- Difficulty
- easy
Ingredients
11 items- Stale BreadStale bread, with crust
- ParsleyFresh parsley, finely chopped
- EggA few eggs, enough to bind
- Grated CheesePlenty of grated cheese (e.g., Parmesan or Pecorino)
- SaltTo taste
- PepperFreshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Seed OilFor frying (e.g., seed oil)
- Black Olives(optional) — Optional: black olives, pitted and chopped
- Desalted Capers(optional) — Optional: desalted capers
- Anchovies in Oil(optional) — Optional: anchovies in oil
- Garlic(optional) — Optional: 1 clove of garlic
Method
- Soak the stale bread in water until softened, then squeeze it well.
- Prepare a mixture with parsley, black olives, desalted capers, garlic, and anchovies in oil, finely chopped.
- Combine the mixture with the squeezed bread.
- Add a few eggs, a pinch of salt, freshly ground black pepper, and plenty of grated cheese.
- Knead everything well until you have a moldable consistency. If too soft, add breadcrumbs.
- Shape the mixture into small balls, slightly flattening them.
- Fry in a little oil for a few minutes per side until golden brown.
