Bean Balls

TÜRKÇE İÇİN TIKLAYIN

20g parsley leaves

1 quartered onion

300g canned Borlotti beans

1 egg

40g bread crumbs (+ some more to coat with)

Nutmeg

Red pepper flakes

Salt, black pepper

Extra virgin olive oil

• Chop parsley for 7 seconds on Speed 7
• Add onion and chop for 3 seconds on Speed 6
• Add beans, egg, bread crumbs, nutmeg, red pepper flakes, salt and black pepper. Mix for 30 seconds on Speed 4. Let it rest in the fridge for 30 minutes
• Cover oven tray with baking paper and brush with a little oil
• Wet your hands with water, get walnut sized pieces from bean mixture (around 30g), roll, coat with bread crumbs and place in oven tray
• Bake in preheated oven at 220ºC for 15-20 minutes. (After 10 minutes turn upside down and continue to cook)

Afiyet olsun :)

Note: In the original recipe bean balls are fried instead of baking in the oven. Since I wanted to make them lighter I preferred baking them in the oven. They were really delicious also this way

Note 2: I used nutmeg instead of ground cumin because I didn't have any at the moment

It is adapted from a recipe in Lezzet Magazine