Semolina Balls
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 120 g semolina
- 15 g butter
- 25 g potato flour (starch)
- 1 whole + 2 yolks eggs
- 1 heaping teaspoon sugar
- lemon zest
- 4 dl milk
Instructions
- Cook semolina in milk with sugar; off the heat add butter, lemon zest, and salt.
- When cold, pound in a mortar with the yolks one at a time, then the whole egg.
- Work in the potato flour, then drop by teaspoonfuls into the pan to form balls; dust with sugar.