Pallotte Cace e Ove

Pallotte Cace e Ove
You’ve probably eaten polpette many times before. But you would’ve called them by their English name: meatballs!

In Italy, polpette are almost never served with pasta. Instead, Italians enjoy polpette as an antipasto or side dish. So if you try to order spaghetti with meatballs while in Italy, you’ll get some funny looks.

This recipe for polpette comes from Abruzzo, a sunny region in central Italy. Unlike most meatballs you’ve had before, these are vegetarian and known as “pallotte.”

Frying the pallotte in sunflower oil prevents them from becoming too dense, while the final drizzle of extra virgin olive oil brings all the flavors together.

– Julia & Camillo

 

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