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Fried Cheese Balls with Herbs
Pastries

Fried Cheese Balls with Herbs

Fried cheese balls, crisp outside and melting inside - a perfect side or a snack for guests.

⏱ 45 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Mix the cheese, flour, parsley, paprika, salt and black pepper in a bowl with one egg, until even.
    Bowl
  2. 2
    Refrigerate the cheese mixture for 20 minutes, so it firms up a little and holds a ball shape.
    Refrigerator
  3. 3
    Shape the mixture into balls the size of a tablespoon.
  4. 4
    Beat the second egg in a wide bowl.
    Bowl
  5. 5
    Spread the crumbs on a flat plate.
  6. 6
    Pass each ball in the beaten egg and then in the crumbs, pressing lightly so the coating sticks on all sides.
  7. 7
    Lift the balls out onto paper towels.
    ⚙ Deep-fryingStoveSlotted spoonCandy/oil thermometerDeep pot for frying
    💡Don't touch the balls while frying: if the coating opens, the melted cheese runs out into the oil.
    💡Keep the oil at 170–180°C (340–355°F): too cold, and the food soaks up oil; too hot, and it browns outside before the inside cooks. Without a thermometer, dip the tip of a wooden spoon in the oil: when medium bubbles form around it right away, the oil is hot enough.
    💡Don't overload the oil: every piece that goes in cools it down. Fry one piece as a test, then the rest in several batches, and transfer to paper towels.
  8. 8
    Lift the balls out onto paper towels.
    Paper towels
295calories
17 gprotein
6 gcarbs
22 gfat
● protein 23%● carbs 9%● fat 68%

Per serving (88 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Deep pot for frying · Also works: Electric deep fryer (None) · Wok (Less oil, less stable)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)

🧻 Consumables: Paper towels

Helps, not needed: Candy/oil thermometer

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