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Spinach and potato balls in tomato sauce, baked

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 300 g potatoes, boiled
  • 200 g creamed spinach
  • 500 ml water
  • 200 g tomatoes
  • 1 onion(s)
  • 10 g pine nuts, coarsely chopped
  • 120 g cheese (Emmental), grated
  • pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 20 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 35 minutes

Chop the tomatoes, peeled potatoes, and onions into small pieces, then mash the potatoes with a fork. Mix the spinach with the potatoes and 1/4 liter of water. Add the onions to the tomatoes and mix with 1/4 liter of water. Simmer the tomato mixture for 1 hour, stirring frequently. Simmer the spinach and potato mixture until it becomes mushy (approx. 1 hour, 10 minutes). Let the potato and spinach mixture cool, form into balls, and place them in a baking dish. Add the tomato sauce to the baking dish. Sprinkle with pine nuts and Emmental cheese. Bake in a preheated oven (180°C fan/convection oven) for 10 minutes (or until the cheese has melted). Serve sprinkled with pepper.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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