Ricotta quenelles and fresh tomatoes. A main dish with a side ready in five minutes and no need for cooking, all raw. Special summer dish, as fresh as just-picked tomato. A quenelle is defined as an oval-shaped preparation with eggs and breadcrumbs, but not always. The quenelle has French origins and can be compared to our dumpling or meatball, made with meat or fish, but we know that vegetarian ones can also be prepared. Naturally, it can be cooked or raw.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Autumn
- Energy 281.12 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 13.83 (g) of which sugars 6.87 (g)
- Proteins 13.54 (g)
- Fat 20.28 (g) of which saturated 8.01 (g)of which unsaturated 3.58 (g)
- Fibers 3.01 (g)
- Sodium 1,654.84 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 320 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 4 cups tomatoes
- 1 cup ricotta
- 10 leaves basil
- 1.5 tbsps extra-virgin olive oil
- 1.5 tsp salt
Tools
- Tea Towel
- Food Mill
- Sieve
- Bowl
- Glass
- Chopper
Procedure
Wash and dry ripe tomatoes for sauce.
Use the food mill to turn the tomatoes into pulp.
Use a sieve to remove excess water from the chopped tomatoes processed with the food mill
Let them drain for a few minutes, meanwhile prepare the ricotta quenelles.
In the mixer, put the ricotta with a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, blend for a few seconds until the ricotta looks smooth. Using 2 spoons, divide the ricotta into four parts and prepare 4 quenelles.
Season the tomato sauce with salt and extra virgin olive oil and a few leaves of basil.
The ricotta quenelles are ready.
Ricotta quenelles, a gluten-free main dish.
