Meatballs With Parmesan Cheese

In this article you will find three different ways to prepare meatballs with Parmesan cheese. The main ingredients may change … but the cheese is present in all the preparations that we propose below.

Meatballs with Parmesan Cheese and Chicken

Ingredients

• ½ kg of chicken meat.
• 1 onion.
• 1 egg.
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• 1 sprig of parsley.
• The juice of a lemon.
• Tomato sauce required amount.
• Flour required amount.
• Parmesan cheese quantity required.
• Olive oil required amount.

Preparation

• In the glass of the shredder or mincer, place the chicken in cubes, the onion in slices, the egg, the garlic in half or in quarters, the sprig of parsley, the salt, the pepper and the lemon juice.

• Chop everything until you get a homogeneous mixture.
• If it’s too wet, add a little breadcrumbs.
• Grate the Parmesan cheese on top and mix a little more.
• Using your hand or a spoon, make balls of meatballs.
• Pass each ball through flour.
• Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry the balls until they are golden brown.
• Place one by one on an absorbent paper to remove the oil.
• Serve with tomato sauce on top. You can accompany for example with mashed potatoes or white rice.

Meatballs with Parmesan cheese and meat

Not sure what to make for dinner? Does your family ask you for new dishes all the time and you have run out of ideas? Pay attention to this recipe for meatballs with Parmesan cheese, where the main ingredient is also meat!

Ingredients

• ½ kg of minced beef (it can also be half pork and half beef).
• 100 grams of grated Parmesan cheese.
• 100 grams of cream cheese.

• 2 eggs
• Garlic and parsley, chopped to taste.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• 1 can of crushed tomatoes.
• 50 grams of olive oil.
• 1 onion.
• 1 clove garlic.
• 1 carrot
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 bay leaf.

Preparation

• Cut the onion, the peeled carrot and the garlic.
• Sauté with oil in a pan and add the tomato, sugar, salt and bay leaf.
• In a bowl, mix the meat, salt and pepper, parsley and garlic, eggs and cheeses (both grated).
• Knead well to make the meatballs, like balls.
• Fry the meat and cheese balls in hot oil, until golden brown.
• Remove excess oil with absorbent paper.
• Arrange on a tray and pour the tomato sauce on top.
• If you wish, you can place on a baking sheet with more grated cheese and bake until gratin.

Meatballs with Parmesan cheese with aubergine

Who said vegetarians can’t eat meatballs? This recipe of Italian origin is not only delicious, but it is also suitable for those who do not eat meat. You can do the same with another vegetable, instead of using eggplant, for example, carrot or zucchini.

The ingredients for the “polpette di melanzane” are

• 100 grams of Parmesan cheese.
• 200 grams of aubergines.
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 100 grams of breadcrumbs (it can also be oatmeal).
• 1 egg.
• Olive oil, necessary quantity.
• Optional sauce (sour yogurt or tomato sauce).

Preparation

• Grate the Parmesan cheese well and reserve.
• Cut the eggplant into large chunks (unpeeled).
• Put the garlic cloves cut in half and 50 ml of olive oil into the glass of the mincer or shredder.

• Blend until you have a paste.
• Add the grated cheese, egg and breadcrumbs and continue mixing, until the dough is ready for the meatballs.
• With your hands or a spoon, assemble the balls according to the size you like.
• Heat oil in a frying pan and sauté until golden brown on both sides.
• Remove excess oil with a paper towel.
• Serve hot and use any of the accompaniments indicated above. They can be eaten as a starter with sticks to prick or with white rice, mashed potatoes or a vegetable stir fry for the main course.

Do you like meatballs? If so, we encourage you to try all these recipes for meatballs with Parmesan cheese in its many variants. Also, you can add an ingredient that we have not mentioned. This way they will be more original!