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🍽️ Crispy Rice and Spinat Balls with Feta

466 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Wash the spinach thoroughly and remove any woody stems or immature leaves.
  2. 2. Place the washed spinach in a pot of boiling salted water and let it wilt briefly.
  3. 3. Remove the spinach from the water, shock it immediately under cold water, and then squeeze it well to remove excess liquid.
  4. 4. Finely chop the drained spinach.
  5. 5. Peel the onion and garlic and chop both ingredients very finely.
  6. 6. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic until translucent.
  7. 7. Remove the pan from the heat and let the onion-garlic mixture cool down.
  8. 8. Crumble the feta cheese into small pieces using your hands.
  9. 9. Mix the chopped spinach, the cooled onion mixture, and the crumbled feta in a bowl.
  10. 10. Season the filling with salt, pepper, and ground nutmeg to taste.
  11. 11. Cook the rice in the vegetable broth until it is tender.
  12. 12. Let the cooked rice cool down until it is lukewarm.
  13. 13. Mix the cooled rice with 1 raw egg.
  14. 14. Form small balls from the rice-egg mixture.
  15. 15. Slightly flatten the rice balls.
  16. 16. Place a spoonful of the spinach-feta filling in the center of each flattened rice ball.
  17. 17. Seal the balls by pulling the rice edges over the filling to form a closed sphere.
  18. 18. Lightly dust the sealed balls with flour.
  19. 19. Heat oil in a large pan.
  20. 20. Fry the rice balls in the hot pan until golden brown on all sides.
  21. 21. Reduce the heat to a medium level.
  22. 22. Let the balls cook through at reduced heat until they are hot inside.
  23. 23. Remove the finished balls from the pan and let them drain on kitchen paper.
  24. 24. Serve the warm balls with your favorite vegetables and a matching sauce.

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