Meatballs with leaf spinach and mountain cheese – without meat

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 500 g leaf spinach, frozen
• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 8 rolls, dry
• 100 g mountain cheese
• 100 ml milk
• 2 eggs
• salt and pepper
• Parsley
• dill
• chili powder
• Paprika powder
• Butter for frying

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

Thaw the spinach, squeeze some water out, and place it in a large bowl. Peel the onions and garlic, dice them finely, and sauté them in butter. In the meantime, dice the bread rolls and add them to the spinach. Coarsely grate the mountain cheese, add them, and mix everything well. Add the onions, garlic, eggs, and milk to the bowl. Season to taste with salt, pepper, chili powder, paprika, and herbs, but be careful, as the rolls are already seasoned and the cheese has a rather strong flavor. Mix everything well. Form the mixture into not-too-thick meatballs and fry them in a pan. I prefer the meatballs cold to warm. Tip: You can also use Parmesan instead of the mountain cheese. I use whole-wheat, sesame, poppy-seed, or regular bread rolls, whatever is on hand.