Recipe

Is ciccioneddos

Name: Is ciccioneddos
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Sarda
Ingredients: 400 g Mixed mince (beef and pork); 50 g Stale bread crumb; 50 ml Milk; 1 Egg; 40 g Grated Sardinian pecorino; 1 cucchiaio Chopped parsley; 1 spicchio Garlic; 300 ml Tomato passata; q.b. Extra virgin olive oil; q.b. Salt, pepper

Small meatballs in tomato sauce, soft and aromatic: a convivial starter eaten with fingers, dipping bread in the juices.

Starters Sud Sardegna

Prep 25min

Cook 30min

Total 55min

Serves 4

Difficulty easy

Recipe

Ingredients

Serves: 4

Mixed mince (beef and pork) 400 g
Stale bread crumb 50 g
Milk 50 ml
Egg 1
Grated Sardinian pecorino 40 g
Chopped parsley 1 cucchiaio
Garlic 1 spicchio
Tomato passata 300 ml
Extra virgin olive oil q.b.
Salt, pepper q.b.

Recipe

Method

Soak the breadcrumb in milk for 5 minutes, then squeeze out well.
In a bowl mix mince, squeezed crumb, egg, pecorino, parsley, salt and pepper. Combine without overworking.
Shape small meatballs, no bigger than a walnut.
Heat oil with a garlic clove in a pan. Brown the meatballs on all sides.
Add the passata, lower the heat and cook covered for 20 minutes. Adjust salt.
Serve warm in their sauce, with pane carasau or pane pistoccu on the side.