"ViLco" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Carmen Bartels in Germany (who used to post here and also show up in
>> chat) gave me this recipe. It's wonderful.
>>
>> She was translating this from German while chatting with me, so I hope
>> nothing was lost in the translation. She called them "spinach
>> meatballs" but essentially they are boiled like dumplings.
>>
>> 1 lb. cooked spinach leaves
>> 7 oz. ricotta cheese
>> 2 eggs
>> salt & pepper
>> nutmeg
>> 2 oz. butter
>> 1 cup dried breadcrumbs
>> 1/4 c. grated Parmesan
>>
>> Blend together eggs, ricotta, spinach, spices. Stir in breadcrumbs. Form
>> into balls the size of walnuts. Boil in salted water. Strain
>> and plate. Drizzle with melted butter and sprinkle with grated
>> Parmesan.
>
> A nice recipe, usually found in the Alps region, from northern Italy to
> southern Germany, all the way through Switzerland and Austria, and soem
> bordering regions as Slovenia.
> One thing amuses me: there's no meat in these balls, yet you named them
> "meatballs".


It's what she called them, what can I say? I suppose the nearest
translation from German was "meatballs"

Jill