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Riojan balls

Recipe created by chef Millán Avellán from the El Arca restaurant in Logroño.

 

Yields4 ServingsDifficultyIntermediatePrep Time1 hr
Ingredients
 1 kg Potatoes
 1 l Milk
 1 PGI Chorizo Riojano
 1 knob of margarine (optional)
 Salta
 Breadcrumbs
 1 can of Alegria Rioja
 100 ml crushed tomatoes
1

We wash the potatoes and peel them, we cut them into pieces and we put them to cook in the milk with a pinch of salt. Once cooked, we mash them with a fork, adding the milk from the cooking little by little, until we get the desired texture. Once we have achieved this, we add the margarine, we mix and we set aside.

2

We remove the skin from the chorizo ​​and cut it very finely, we sauté and we set aside.

3

We make some small balls of mashed potatoes and we put the chorizo ​​in, we finish making balls, we will pass them through breadcrumbs, egg and breadcrumbs. We fry them in plenty of oil and very hot.

4

For the sauce, we crush the allergens with the tomato, and we will accompany our balls with it.

 

 

Ingredients

Ingredients
 1 kg Potatoes
 1 l Milk
 1 PGI Chorizo Riojano
 1 knob of margarine (optional)
 Salta
 Breadcrumbs
 1 can of Alegria Rioja
 100 ml crushed tomatoes

Directions

1

We wash the potatoes and peel them, we cut them into pieces and we put them to cook in the milk with a pinch of salt. Once cooked, we mash them with a fork, adding the milk from the cooking little by little, until we get the desired texture. Once we have achieved this, we add the margarine, we mix and we set aside.

2

We remove the skin from the chorizo ​​and cut it very finely, we sauté and we set aside.

3

We make some small balls of mashed potatoes and we put the chorizo ​​in, we finish making balls, we will pass them through breadcrumbs, egg and breadcrumbs. We fry them in plenty of oil and very hot.

4

For the sauce, we crush the allergens with the tomato, and we will accompany our balls with it.

Riojan balls