Here is still cold. Not bitterly cold like last week, but cold enough to appreciate good comfort food. Also, I had leftover homemade beef broth which I really did not want to trow out. But what should I cook?
Inspired by Donatella, I decided to go for passatelli in an unusual form. Passatelli are typical from Emilia Romagna. They are a kind of pasta of sort that usually has the shape of short fat noodles. To give them the appropriate shape you need a special kitchen tool or a potato ricer with big holes. I did not have any of the two and ended up shaping them like little balls.
They tasted great and where very satisfying. They tasted much more refined than the sum of the simple ingredients that go in there. One other little miracle of Italian “cucina povera” (poor cooking, i.e. cooking with poor, simple ingredients).
Ingredients
- 3 cups homemade broth
- 2 egg
- 3.5 oz bread crumbs
- 1 oz parmesan
- 1 oz pecorino
- 1 pinch nutmeg
- grated zest of 1 lemon or lime
- 1 tsp oil or butter
Directions
- Warm up the broth.
- Meanwhile mix the eggs with the bread crumbs, the grated cheese, nutmeg, oil and lemon zest.
- Now form the passatelli using a potato ricer with large holes and drop them in the boiling broth. They will be cooked when they start floating.
- If, like me, you don't have a suitable rices, form the dough into small balls the size of an hazelnut and cook them as above.
Hi! I'm PolaM, the Italian cooking in the Midwest.
ho gia preso nota dei tuoi passatelli metterei + 1 a tutto poi provvederò davvero bravissima
Grazie di avermi visitato! Anche tu pubblichi delle ricette bellissime!
This looks really good. I love simple meals like this. BTW, in IE 8 your pictures look really large and reach into the other layout. Just FYI.
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Thanks for letting me know! I will see what I can do to make them the right size!
PS if you choose compatible view in IE you should be able to see the website correctly… still I have to figure out why it doesn’t work properly….
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I am obsessed with soup and noodles/dumplings of any kind so this recipe is right up my alley. Thanks for visiting my blog! Yours is wonderful
Thanks! If you want to try a different kind of dumpling go for these. You will love them!
I love soup with a bit of body in it and this looks wonderful!
Thanks! I loved this little dumplings they are a great alternative to the usual soups
This is a wonderful soup, I love the idea of how simple it is
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Simple yet very satisfying!
Felice che ti siano piaciuti i passatelli formato pallina…. Ciao, buona domenica
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Si piaciuti molto! Mi sa che li faro’ sempre cosi’!
Love this soup, and your recipe is bit different from mine..Will have to try this recipe too!
Have a wonderful day!!!
It’s the first time I tried and I put together a couple of recipe I found around the web. The lemon is what takes it to the next level.
I had these recently in Italy. If they are homemade they are ever so good and so nice to have when is cold. Beautiful dish Brava!
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Thanks! Homemade makes everything better!
Un piatto caldo e confortante! Direi perfetto per il freddo del periodo… non li ho mai prepati sai, devo rimediare!! Un abbraccio
Anche per me era la prima volta. Sono ottimi!
Delicious looking soup Pola! Looks really tempting.
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Thanks! Is simple but sophisticated at the same time!
I love these poor man’s meatballs! Kind of like matzoh balls now that I think of it. The soup looks delicious, perfect to warm you up. It’s cold and rainy where I am so I could use a big bowl of this!
Here is snowy and well below 0… Soups are the only right food!
Hmmm delicious! Perfect for winter nights. I had never added cheese in meatballs. I should try it next time. You made beef broth, how wonderful! I only make Japanese dashi stock daily but not beef/chicken/veggies before. I should make homemade one day.
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I always put a bit of cheese in meatballs, it makes for great flavor and softer meatballs!
che buoni!sono decisamente queste le ricette che adoro mangiare in questo periodo
Eh si sono sempre buoni con il freddo!
Bella idea ma la Nonna mi sgriderebbe se cambio la sua ricetta
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La mia nonna non li faceva, quindi sono libera di modificare la ricetta come voglio. Questi erano ottimi, ma sono sicura che quelli della Nonna sono ancora meglio!
Sounds delicious! I don’t think I’ve ever had passatelli, but I bet I’d devour them
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They are surprisingly flavorful for such simple ingredients.
How gorgeous these little parcels look swimming in the broth…a nice change to the heavier soups.
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Thanks! They where a surprise for me too and they were great!
Simple, but definitely delicious!
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Simple dishes can be the best dishes!
I actually think I almost like passatelli better in this form!
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I think I do too! I suppose they are firmer this way and I like firmer!