Ingredients to make Choco and prawn meatballs:
- for the meatballs:
- 1 small onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 500 grams of chocolate
- 250 grams of prawns
- 1 egg L
- 100 grams of breadcrumbs
- 1 pinch of salt
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 200 milliliters of olive oil to fry
- for the sauce:
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 75 milliliters of white wine
- 300 milliliters of water (1¼ cups)
- 1 pinch of salt
How to make Choco and prawn meatballs:
- To start with the Choco and prawn meatballs recipe, first make the meatballs and, when they are done, prepare the sauce.
- To do this, peel and chop the onionvery finely so that you do not find excessive lumps in the meatballs.
- Next, peel the garlic cloves, remove the germ inside and chop very finely.
- Finally, wash the parsley and chop it as before, very finely, until you get about two tablespoons of chopped parsley. Reserve everything.
- Prepare the chocolate. Also, cut out the toughest partsand keep only the softest parts.
- Next, cut into strips and, in turn, into very small squares, remember that you will have a better texture if you do not leave the meatballs large pieces.
- Then, peel the prawns and make a small cut on their backs, remove the thread where the intestines are and chop them very finely.
- Add the cuttlefish and the chopped prawns in a large bowl.
- Tip: do not throw away the heads and skins of the prawns, you can freeze them and use them to make a seafood stock.
- In the bowl of cuttlefish and prawns, also add the onion, garlic and chopped parsley. Also add a little salt, the beaten egg and the breadcrumbs.
- Mix everything well with your hands.
- Go forming small balls with your hands, squeezing well so that they remain firm. You will get approximately 20 meatballs.
- Pass each meatball through the flour, but there should be a very thin film, do not flour them excessively.
- Heat the olive oil in alarge pot or skillet.
- When the oil is very hot, add the meatballs and fry them until golden brown, but do not brown them too much.
- Go adding the meatballs on a plate with kitchen paper to release excess oil and reserve.
- Trick: be careful when turning them over, if you haven’t squeezed them well with your hands when forming them, they can break
- Are you wondering how to make sauce for Choco and prawn meatballs? Well, we teach you how to prepare it with these simple steps.
- To do this, peel the onion and the garlic cloves. Next, chop them not very thick.
- Heat the olive oil in a large pot and, once it is hot, add the onion and the minced garlicLet them cook over low heat until the onion is transparent
- Add the white wine, raise the heat a little and let the alcohol evaporate for 1 minute.
- Add the water, salt to taste, the bay leaf and let reduceover low heat until the sauce thickens a bit.
- Go testing it for flavor in case you have to rectify the salt as the sauce reduces.
- In this Free Recipes article we explain how to thicken a sauce.
- Tip: if you like a finer sauce, you can blend it with an electric mixer.
- When the sauce has taken shape, introduce the meatballs so that they acquire flavor, turn them over and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Serve the Choco balls in sauce right away, you will see how irresistible they are. What do you think of these delicious meatballs?
- Tell us in the comments your opinion and share with us a photograph of the final result.
- Also, if you wish, you can accompany these meatballs with loose white rice.