- Advertisement -
PDF Wonder
  • Travel
  • Daily Life
  • Nature
  • Food
  • Travel
  • Daily Life
  • Nature
  • Food
No Result
View All Result
PDF Wonder
- Advertisement -

Your new go-to-dish to impress when you are in a hurry

by Frank Vandermeer
June 10, 2022
in Food
0
Your new go-to-dish to impress when you are in a hurry
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -

Sometimes great dishes take lots of time and effort. Not all great dishes do though. Today I want to share a dish that always impresses my guests and is easy to make. There is lots of room to play with this recipe to make it work for you. Let’s dive in.

I have always been a huge fan of meatballs but everyone knows beef meatballs. They are delicious, they are comforting, they always have people coming back for more but the sad truth is that they have been done too many times. No one will be impressed by your beef meatballs, even if they are the best beef meatballs in the world. Instead, to impress your guest(s) you need to pull out something a little bit different without a huge fuss. This is where my baked chicken and ricotta meatballs can come in to play. 

If you are getting ready for a date or just to entertain friends you likely don’t want to spend the whole evening preparing something in the kitchen, you have enough to worry about. This dish will take less than an hour including prep and cooking time and leaves very little cleanup. 

You will need:

  • Broccoli or broccolini – 2 heads
  • 1 lemon
  • Olive oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • red pepper flakes
  • 1 egg
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 cup ricotta, drained and lightly salted
  • 1/2 cup parsley leaves 
  • 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 1 pound ground chicken
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • Grated Parmesan

From there simply place your broccoli on a baking tray and sprinkle olive oil, salt, pepper, and chili flakes over the top. Set to one side while you prepare your meatballs. Place all the other ingredients in a mixing tray and start to mix lightly. Don’t mix too strongly or you will mush it. It should be mixed, not mushed. 

Then wet your hands so that you can grab some of the mixture and roll it into small balls. The balls should be about half the size of a standard head of garlic to allow them to cook completely. The most important thing is that all your balls are the same as size. As long as you do this you can just adjust your cooking time for bigger balls. Don’t worry too much about how round they are, if you work too hard on packing them into a tight sphere you will again risk mushing them. Better leave them a little abstract yet with better consistency.

- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -

Place your meatballs between the broccoli or broccolini from earlier. Pop in an oven for around 20 minutes. Make sure to give the tray an occasional shake to avoid the balls sticking to the tray or paper and turn the tray 180 degrees halfway through to cook everything evenly. Then simply remove the broccoli and meatball and plate it up. This dish loves when you grate some parmesan on top but it is not essential.

That was so easy, yet it gets even better. There is so much room to play with this dish that you can really let it work for you and your guests depending on tastes and appetite. Broccolini is a really classy option but it can be hard to find, broccoli is just as good. If you don’t have parsley feel free to use basil. The garlic is just a subtle note in this dish but if you love garlic increase it to four cloves and really enjoy it. If you don’t like spicy feel free to go without the pepper flakes. The dish can be varied to match your needs.

The best part is that while it is in the oven you can set the table, clean the dishes and even have a drink as you wait for your guests to arrive. Easy!

- Advertisement -
Previous Post

How to dry coriander at home

Next Post

This is how a 17-year old helps to feed 12,000 homeless people

Related Posts

Tips for tearless onion cutting
Food

Tips for tearless onion cutting

June 19, 2022
Simmering: boiling’s cooler cousin
Food

Simmering: boiling’s cooler cousin

June 14, 2022
How to dry coriander at home
Food

How to dry coriander at home

June 5, 2022
- Advertisement -

Community

pdfwonder

66

pdfwonder

pdfwonder

View

Jul 1

Open
#raining #trafficcity #busyroad #rainy

#raining #trafficcity #busyroad #rainy ...

pdfwonder

View

Jun 25

Open
B.E.A.C.H. = Best Escape Anyone Can Have
#beachday #hommock #bluesky

B.E.A.C.H. = Best Escape Anyone Can Have
#beachday #hommock #bluesky
...

pdfwonder

View

Jun 15

Open
#fox #cute

#fox #cute ...

pdfwonder

View

Oct 25

Open
Instagram post 17920734835948372

...

pdfwonder

View

Oct 6

Open
Instagram post 17978467774423667

...

pdfwonder

View

Sep 15

Open
Instagram post 17910708397958954

...

pdfwonder

View

Aug 26

Open
Instagram post 17919156100886358

...

pdfwonder

View

Aug 9

Open
Instagram post 17887503278369303

...

pdfwonder

View

Jul 20

Open
Instagram post 17900255963114466

...

pdfwonder

View

Jun 30

Open
Instagram post 17925001060645359

...

pdfwonder

View

Jun 16

Open
Instagram post 17936435941528697

...

pdfwonder

View

May 31

Open
Instagram post 17911621216740392

...

pdfwonder

View

May 12

Open
Instagram post 18145932343167425

...

pdfwonder

View

Apr 23

Open
Instagram post 17884573634189129

...

pdfwonder

View

Apr 8

Open
Instagram post 17921602759605395

...

Load More... Follow on Instagram

Receive Our Newsletter

    Subscribe to our newsletter

    Must Reads

    Jungle bubbles: sleeping next to elephants in Thailand
    Travel

    Jungle bubbles: sleeping next to elephants in Thailand

    May 20, 2022
    How SpongeBob SquarePants came to life
    Daily Life

    How SpongeBob SquarePants came to life

    February 21, 2022
    Kate Middleton and her glittery heels
    Daily Life

    Kate Middleton and her glittery heels

    April 28, 2022

    CATEGORIES

    • Travel
    • Daily Life
    • Nature
    • Food

    MOST RECENT ARTICLES

    Did you know that these ‘Sex and the City’ stars can’t stand each other?

    Did you know that these ‘Sex and the City’ stars can’t stand each other?

    June 30, 2022
    Alabama longhorn has world’s longest horns

    Alabama longhorn has world’s longest horns

    June 30, 2022

    © PDFWonder

    • About us
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie Policy
    • Disclaimer
    • Travel
    • Nature
    • Daily Life
    • About us
    • Contact

    © PDFWonder