Polpette di pollo

Name: Polpette di pollo
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: italian
Ingredients: 300 g cooked free-range chicken; 3 slices of brown bread crusts removed (plus extra breadcrumbs, if needed); 50 ml milk; 1 clove of garlic; a few sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley; 50 g olives; 2 tablespoons capers; 4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese; 1 large free-range egg; olive oil; 3 cloves of garlic; 2 x 400 g tins of quality chopped tomatoes; ½ a teaspoon sugar optional

Chicken meatballs in rich tomato sauce

“We serve these lovely little meatballs hot with a tasty tomato sugo (sauce), but they’re also delicious with pasta and rice, or eaten cold with a green salad and some chilli jam. ”

Serves 4

Cooks In45 minutes

DifficultyNot too tricky

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Nutrition per serving

Calories 386 19%
Fat 21.3g 30%
Saturates 4.9g 25%
Sugars 7.2g 8%
Protein 30.5g 61%
Carbs 19.4g 7%

Of an adult's reference intake

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By The Chiappa Sisters

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Ingredients

300 g cooked free-range chicken
3 slices of brown bread , crusts removed (plus extra breadcrumbs, if needed)
50 ml milk
1 clove of garlic
a few sprigs of fresh flat-leaf parsley
50 g olives
2 tablespoons capers
4 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
1 large free-range egg
olive oil
TOMATO SUGO
3 cloves of garlic
2 x 400 g tins of quality chopped tomatoes
½ a teaspoon sugar , optional

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Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350ºF/gas 4.
Using a large knife, roughly chop up the chicken, giving it some texture, then set aside. Roughly break up the bread into a bowl and pour over the milk, tossing it together, and set aside until the milk is absorbed.
Meanwhile, peel the garlic, and pick and finely chop the parsley.
Put the soaked bread, olives, capers, garlic and Parmesan into a blender and blitz until combined. Add the chicken and break in the egg, then pulse very briefly, until the mixture is blended enough to be moulded into balls but is still a little chunky.
Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper, then roll the mixture into small balls, about 2.5cm wide (if the mixture is a little too wet to work with, add some extra breadcrumbs until it comes together).
Place the meatballs in a greased ovenproof dish. Drizzle generously with oil and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, turning the balls halfway so they’re golden on all sides.
While the meatballs are cooking, make your sugo: heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat, peel and crush in the garlic and cook for 3 minutes, or until softened but not coloured.
Tip in the tinned tomatoes, then fill the empty tin a third of the way up with water and add this as well. Cook over a high heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce has reduced and thickened. If your tomatoes taste slightly acidic, stir in the sugar to sweeten. Season with salt and pepper.
Add the sauce to the dish 5 to 10 minutes before the meatballs have finished cooking. Serve with the parsley scattered on top.

Tips

The polpette freeze well – great for throwing together a meal when you’re short on time.

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