Recipes
Cheese BitterBallen
May - 1 - 2016
4
Preparation: 15
Cooking: 10
Cheese BitterBallen
4
Preparation: 15
Cooking: 10
Ingredients
½ stick (½ cup) (4 oz) (100 gm) butter ¾ cup (180 ml) (4 oz) (110 gm) flour 2 cups (500 ml) milk ½ teaspoon nutmeg 2 teaspoons (1/3 oz) (10 gm) gelatin I added an extra 1/2 a tsp 3 oz (80 gm) old cheese or parmesan 3 oz (80 gm) soft cheese like brie, camembert (I used Elemental not quite very soft but I had it on hand) 3 oz (80 gm) matured cheese (I used old English Cheddar) 2 egg yolks (I didn't use eggs as they tend to be very eggy here in Jordan and the result turned out fabulous) 1/3 cup (80 ml) cream salt and pepper at taste
Method
- Grate the cheeses. Melt the butter. Then add the flour all at once and while stirring cook for another 3 minutes.
- Then add the milk, whisk very well and let it come to a boil (keep stirring).
- Cook at a high simmer for another 10 minutes. Add the nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste.
- Whisk the egg yolks with the cream and whisk into the cheese mixture.
- Dissolve the gelatine in a little cold water and add to the cheese mixture.
- Take a cooled plate or oven dish (rinsed in some cold water) spread the filling out and cover with some plastic wrap and let cool for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator (better to let it cool overnight).
- Take three bowls and fill the first one with flour, the second one with the eggs and the third one with bread crumbs.
- Take the filling and take a spoon of filling and make a ball of it. Roll it through the bowl with flour.
- Roll the floured ball through the beaten egg and at last
- Roll through the bread crumbs.
- Place on a plate and repeat for the rest of the filling.
- Place the plate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, and heat your frying pan to 350°F/180°C (medium heat).
- Check the temperature by placing a small cube of bread in the heated oil it should sizzle and brown in a minute or two.
- Deep fry the bitterballen for about 3 to 4 minutes until done (golden brown).
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These bitterballen can be frozen (before you cook them in the frying pan) and stored for about 1 month. Add 1 minute of extra cooking time when you use them (you don’t need to defrost them).