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🍽️ Crispy Potato and Pumpkin Balls
265 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 lettuce hearts
- 1 grapefruit
- 1 pinch sugar
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- 1 red onion
- nutmeg
- flour (for working)
- 80 g panko breadcrumbs (or white bread crumbs)
- vegetable oil (for frying)
Instructions
- 1. Peel the potatoes and wash them thoroughly.
- 2. Cut the potatoes into large chunks.
- 3. Cut the pumpkin into chunks as well.
- 4. Place the potato and pumpkin pieces in a pot with salted water.
- 5. Cook the vegetables for about 20 minutes until tender.
- 6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- 7. Use the top and bottom heat setting for baking.
- 8. Drain the cooked vegetables.
- 9. Let the vegetables steam dry for a moment.
- 10. Press the vegetables through a potato ricer.
- 11. Allow the pressed vegetables to cool down.
- 12. Separate the eggs into yolks and whites.
- 13. Add the egg yolks to the cooled vegetables.
- 14. Add a little flour and thyme to the vegetable-egg mixture.
- 15. Season the mixture with salt and nutmeg.
- 16. Knead everything into a smooth dough.
- 17. Add only enough flour so that the dough no longer sticks to your hands.
- 18. Dust your hands with a little flour.
- 19. Shape small balls from the mixture.
- 20. Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl.
- 21. Roll the balls one by one in the whisked egg whites.
- 22. Then roll the balls in the breadcrumbs.
- 23. Heat oil in a pan to about 170 degrees Celsius.
- 24. Fry the balls in batches until golden brown.
- 25. Fry the balls for 3 to 4 minutes each.
- 26. Let the finished balls drain on kitchen paper.
- 27. Wash the salad thoroughly.
- 28. Remove the tough stems and tear the salad into smaller pieces.
- 29. Peel the grapefruit thoroughly.
- 30. Carefully cut out the grapefruit segments.
- 31. Squeeze the juice from the remaining grapefruit pulp.
- 32. Mix the grapefruit juice with sugar and oil.
- 33. Season the dressing with salt.
- 34. Peel the onion.
- 35. Halve the onion and slice it into thin strips.
- 36. Mix the salad ingredients with the dressing.
- 37. Fill the salad into small bowls.
- 38. Serve the balls together with the salad.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 265
- Protein: 4 g · Fett/Fat: 16 g · Carbs: 25 g