Malfatti

Name: Malfatti
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons chopped onion; 10 g butter; 115 g spinach, cleaned and any coarse stalks removed; 340 g ricotta - drained for 2 hours; 55 g grated Parmesan; 1 whole egg, plus 1 yolk; ¼ teaspoon grated nutmeg; ¼ teaspoon grated lemon zest; 4 tablespoons 00 flour plus extra for dusting; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 900 g fresh tomatoes - roughly chopped; 100 g unsalted butter; 4 sprigs of basil; 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce; Parmesan shavings - to garnish; Olive oil

Preparation info

For
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Salt is Essential

By Shaun Hill

Published 2016

About

The huge influence of Italian cookery has often concentrated on the starch element: pasta, rice, polenta or pizza base. These dumplings are overlooked. The name is unfortunate, malfatti sounds like something badly made, but they are both light and delicious.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons chopped onion
10 g butter
115 g

Europe
Italy
Pasta
Vegetarian

Method

Sweat the onion in the butter and cook until soft but not browned. Add the spinach and cook for another few minutes until it wilts. Season with salt and pepper, then drain in a colander until cool.

Chop the spinach and onion mix until fine. In a large bowl combine the ricotta, Parmesan, whole egg and yolk, nutmeg and lemon zest. Finally, add the spinach, then gently stir in the flour to