Rukmini Iyer’s Quick And Easy Recipe For Ricotta Fritters With Chard And Sage Butter | Quick And Easy

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I person awesome memories of making spinach and ricotta malfatti (best described arsenic wonderfully light, wonkily formed, caller gnocchi-type dumplings) from nan late, awesome Russell Norman’s Venice cookbook. He suggests forming them by dropping them into a vino solid of polenta, swirling nan solid to overgarment each malfatti, past poaching. I made them for my parents’ first sojourn to our caller home, and encouraged everyone to get progressive by swirling their own; I besides made them for weaning (with a small little salt) and sewage my daughter, Alba, progressive arsenic soon arsenic she was aged capable to clasp a vino glass. They’re that good. But now, pinch not 1 but 2 toddlers to contend with, I make life a batch easier by turning them into fritters, and usage up nan insane quantities of chard from nan plot astatine nan aforesaid time. This is my homage to Russell’s original.

Malfatti fritters pinch chard and sage butter

Prep 20 min
Cook 20 min
Serves 2-3

350g chard
100g parmesan, grated (a vegetarian one, if request be)
250g ricotta
100g flour
1 medium egg
1 tsp oversea brackish flakes
Olive oil, for frying
25g salted butter
15 sage leaves

Wash nan chard, past put it successful a microwaveable vessel for which you person a lid (I usage a Pyrex vessel pinch a snugly fitting sheet connected top). Cook connected precocious for 2 minutes, stir, past return to nan microwave and navigator for different 2 minutes.

Drain nan chard, then, erstwhile it’s cool capable to handle, compression to region astir of nan excess water. Tip nan chard into a nutrient processor and chop into mini pieces – you don’t want a puree, but neither do you want immoderate awesome large lumps. Add nan parmesan, ricotta, flour, ovum and salt, past blitz concisely until everything’s conscionable combined.

Heat a tablespoonful of lipid successful a large, nonstick frying pan. Turn down nan power to medium, then, moving successful batches, fry heaped tablespoons of nan malfatti operation for 2 to 3 minutes connected each side, until evenly aureate brown. Transfer to a sheet lined pinch room roll, and repetition pinch nan remaining malfatti batter (keep nan cooked fritters lukewarm successful a debased oven, if you wish).

Meanwhile, melt nan food successful a mini frying cookware connected a debased heat, past adhd nan sage leaves. Turn up nan power to medium, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes, until nan leaves are beautiful and crisp and nan food has browned. (Do watch this, though, and set nan power truthful nan food doesn’t burn.)

Serve nan malfatti fritters drizzled pinch nan sage butter. They request very small other alongside, but sparkling h2o aliases vino would activity well.