Cheese, already a delicious product that many people love. It is used for salads, fillings, casseroles, pizzas, and simply used on its own. I want to devote this review to a delicious dish - cheese balls.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
The recipe for cheese balls fried in oil, i.e. deep-fried, only at first glance it seems difficult. Although in fact, this appetizer is prepared in an elementary way. Even a beginner can master it, but for an experienced cook, there will be no difficulties here at all. In addition, children can be attracted to sculpting small balls. This develops fine motor skills of the hands. Such balls are suitable as a dinner or an appetizer on a festive table. Of course, the recipe is not the most dietary and low-calorie, but sometimes you can pamper yourself with different delicacies. And if you want to fry the cheese in a little oil, then the products are shaped like cutlets, which are cooked as usual on the stove.
It is also delicious to use cheese balls with beer, as well as boldly include a children's celebration in the menu. After all, everything related to cheese is usually loved by all children. And depending on preference, cheese can be combined with various fillings like nuts, greens, finely chopped vegetables, etc. Usually, the balls are rolled in breadcrumbs, but they can be replaced with crumbs of nuts, carrot shavings, crumbled chips, sesame seeds, and other foods that you like.
- Calorie content per 100 g - 360 kcal.
- Servings - 15
- Cooking time - 20 minutes
Ingredients:
- Hard cheese - 300 g
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Ground crackers - 50 g
- Refined vegetable oil - for deep fat
Making cheese balls
1. Grate the cheese on a medium or fine grater. I advise you not to use a large grater, as large pieces of cheese will not melt well in deep fat, the balls will be covered with a golden crust, and the cheese will remain hard inside.
2. Beat the egg into a bowl.
3. Whisk the egg until it turns into a homogeneous liquid.
4. Put cheese shavings in the egg mass.
5. Stir in the cheese shavings to form a sticky mass. It is most convenient to do this with your hands.
6. Take a portion of the dough with a teaspoon and roll it into a ball no larger than a walnut. If the balls are too large, the cheese may not cook well inside. Pour ground crackers into a flat, shallow bowl. You can buy them or make them yourself.
7. Take cheese balls and roll in breadcrumbs. If you want to have a denser crust, then do the following procedure. Roll the ball in breadcrumbs, then in an egg, again in breadcrumbs, again in an egg and in breadcrumbs.
8. Prepare deep fat. If you have a special device for this, take it. Otherwise, a bowl, saucepan, stewpan, mug, or any spatula with holes will work to remove the balls from the boiling oil.
9. Heat oil well and lower the cheese ball to simmer. When it has a characteristic golden brown crust, remove it from the oil.
10. Place the balls on a paper towel so that it absorbs all the oil and the balls become less greasy.
11. Serve the finished cheese balls to the table only hot, while the inside is melted and stringy cheese.
See also the video recipe on how to make cheese balls.
