Back in the day, many Italian homes didn’t have the luxury of cooking with meat and so a lot of meatball recipes were actually meatless. This ‘Polpette di Melanzane’ dish proves that you can make vegetarian Italian food really exciting without losing out on flavour.
Ingredients
1 Aubergine (cubed and fried beforehand if you are following the live video)
1 egg
Breadcrumbs
4 slices of stale bread
Parmesan
Salt and pepper
Oil to fry
1 tin of cherry tomatoes
Fresh basil
Manchester’s Finest LIVE presents…
Neapolitan Aubergine Meatballs aka Polpette di Melanzane
Live-streamed on Manchester’s Finest Facebook account
Date: Thursday 16th April 2020
Time: 12pm
