Malfatti

Malfatti
18 July 2024

Malfatti is a type of pasta whose main ingredient is spinach. If you are ready for this flavor, which is very popular in Italy and consumed with sauce, the details of the malfatti recipe are below. 

Prep Time : 20 mins
Cook time : 15 mins
Servings : 3 People
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Malfatti

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 500 g of spinach
  • 250 g ricotta
  • 50 g bread crumbs
  • 50 g parmesan cheese, grated
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon semolina
  • 5 tablespoons of flour

For the butter:

  • 60 g butter
  • 25 g sage
Malfatti

Instructions

  1. Heat the oil in a pan, add the spinach to the heated oil, fry the spinach, and let the spinach cool down.
  2. Squeeze the water out of the cooled spinach by hand. Chop the spinach.
  3. Combine the chopped spinach, ricotta, bread crumbs, and parmesan in a bowl. Add semolina, eggs, and spices and mix.
  4. Sprinkle flour on a baking tray and spoon the mixture into the floured tray. Shape by shaking the tray, and put the spinach balls in a separate bowl.
  5. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees. Boil salted water in a saucepan, add the prepared malfattis to the water, and boil them. Put the boiled ones on an oven tray. Put them in the oven for 10 minutes.
  6. Melt the butter in a small skillet and add the sage. Fry gently, stirring frequently, until the sage is crispy.
  7. Pour the sage butter over the malfatti, add grated parmesan, and serve. Enjoy your meal.
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