Stuffed Potato Balls

Ingredients

• g potatoes
• heaping tbsp Parmesan cheese
• eggs
• nutmeg
• flour
• meat filling (battuto, a finely chopped mixture)
• lard or oil

Instructions

1. Boil, peel, and sieve the hot potatoes onto a dusting of flour; make a well, salt, add nutmeg, and mix in the eggs and Parmesan.
2. Using as little flour as possible, form a soft dough and divide it into 18 pieces.
3. With floured fingers, hollow each piece, fill with a meat battuto (finely chopped mixture), close over the edges, and roll into round balls.
4. Fry in lard or oil and serve as a garnish to fried meat.