Spiced spinach spheres

Name: Spiced spinach spheres
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: chutneys or yogurt dip; 150 g/5½ oz lean bacon, finely diced; 3 tbsp rice flour; 3 onions, finely sliced; 6 garlic cloves, 2 crushed and 4 finely chopped; 2 tsp ground coriander; 1 tbsp thyme leaves; juice of ½ lemon; ¼ tsp cayenne pepper; 300 g/10½ oz/heaped 1½ cups Thai fragrant rice or other short-grain rice, rinsed and drained; 2 eggs, separated; ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 100 g/3½ oz/1⅓ cups fresh breadcrumbs; oil, for deep-frying and oiling; 2 tbsp olive oil; 900 g/2 lb baby leaf spinach, stalks removed

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

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Pimp My Rice

By Nisha Katona

Published 2017

About

These are fragrant, crisp little rice fritters. The spinach and bacon add depth of flavour. The garlic and thyme give high notes of herbal zing. These are a kind of pintxo snack, Northern Spanish in structure but swinging East in flavour. I love ground coriander, herbal and citrus. Those flavours, along with the fresh thyme, make these fried spheres feel light and fresh.

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