A Cool Recipie for a Hot Summer-Polpette di Melanzane con Ripieno Goloso

I found a really great website, http://www.tipeatalia.it/, full of great recipes that have been tempting me over the past few months.  Here is one by Lidia Merola...Great for summer!

Polpette di melanzane con ripieno goloso

Eggplantballs with Cheesy Feeling

Ingredients:

500 grams of eggplant, 100 g of grated pecorino cheese, 150 g of stale bread, chopped parsley, 1 clove garlic, 2 eggs, 50 g of provaletta di Sorrento, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper to taste


Preparation:
 
Cut the eggplant cubes and cook in salted boiling water. Drain and squeeze out excess water. Mash the eggplant until it is smooth. Add the eggs, grated cheese, stale bread that you put to soak in a bit of milk, parsley and garlic. Adjust salt and pepper. Mix ingredients well and form meatballs Insert  a couple of cubes of provoletta in the center. Dip the meatballs in breadcrumbs and fry in hot oil. For a lighter recipe you can cook the meatballs in oven arranging them in a pan lined with parchment paper. Serve the meatballs hot with a nice summer salad.
 
Enjoy!