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🍽️ Crispy breaded sheep's cheese pieces with fresh tomato sauce

724 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 small onion
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 250 g peeled tomatoes (from the can)
• salt
• pepper
• 80 g mixed nut kernels
• 80 g breadcrumbs
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tsp cumin
• 4 eggs (size M)
• 5 tbsp flour
• 400 g feta cheese
• oil (for frying)

Instructions

1. 1. Peel the onion and cut it into very small cubes.
2. 2. Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the onion cubes until they are soft and translucent.
3. 3. Cut the tomatoes into cubes and add them to the onions along with the tomato paste.
4. 4. Let the mixture cook briefly, season with salt and pepper, and set aside to cool down.
5. 5. Roughly chop the nuts and mix them in a bowl with the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, and cumin.
6. 6. Loosely beat the eggs in a separate bowl with a fork.
7. 7. Place the flour on a flat plate.
8. 8. Split the blocks of sheep's cheese in half.
9. 9. Coat a piece of cheese in the flour so that it is covered all around.
10. 10. Then dip the floured cheese piece completely into the beaten eggs.
11. 11. Press the egg-soaked cheese piece firmly into the nut-breadcrumb mixture until it is completely covered.
12. 12. Repeat steps 9 to 11 for each individual piece of cheese.
13. 13. Perform the breading process (flour, egg, nut mixture) completely again for each piece so that the coating is twice as thick.
14. 14. Press the coating gently with your hands so that it adheres better.
15. 15. Heat the frying oil in a pot or deep fryer to exactly 170 degrees Celsius.
16. 16. Fry the cheese pieces individually in the hot oil until they are golden brown and crispy.
17. 17. Remove the finished pieces from the oil using a slotted spoon.
18. 18. Let the excess oil drip off on kitchen paper.
19. 19. Serve the warm cheese pieces together with the cooled tomato sauce.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 724
• Protein: 33 g · Fett/Fat: 51 g · Carbs: 34 g