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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. *For Gluten Free, use Gluten Free Bread Crumbs. | 2. **For Gluten Free, use Garbonzo Bean Flour. | 3. Heat the Extra Virgin Olive Oil in a saute pan over medium heat. | 4. Add the Onion and a pinch of Sea Salt and cook until onion is pale gold. | 5. Add the Celery and cook for another 3 minutes. | 6. Add the garlic and saute until light gold, taking care not to bitter. | 7. Add the Chard and Parsley and saute until the Chard is wilted, stirring frequently. | 8. Remove from heat and let cool. | 9. Add the 3 beaten eggs and the remaining ingredients to the cooled mixture. Add enough bread crumbs to form a medium paste. | 10. Pour mixture onto a Floured Surface and divide in half. | 11. Pat flour on top of mixture and press to a flat surface about 1/2 inches thick. | 12. Cut into roughly 1 1/2 in squares (remember - 'badly done'). | 13. Boil salted water and drop squares in 2 or 3 at a time. Cook until they float to the surface. | 14. Drain on a papter towel and set aside. | 15. Prepare your favorite Tomato Sauce, Ragu or Lasagna filling. | 16. Pour your completed sauce into a baking dish. | 17. In a single layer, place the Malfattes on top of the sauce, leaving about 1/4 in between them. Do not press them into the sauce. | 18. Preheat oven to 400 and bake, covered for about 45-1hr. | 19. Freezes well and is excellent with spinach. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
onion	1		minced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
celery rib	6		minced	-	-	-	-
chard leaf	3		Chopped	-	-	-	-
flat leaf parsley	2	tablespoons	chopped	-	-	-	-
egg	3		beaten	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
fine bread crumb	2	cups	soft	-	-	-	-
marjoram	1/2	teaspoon		0.813	0.1817	0.038	0.0211
clove	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.877	0.6881	0.0627	0.1365
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato sauce				-	-	-	-
extra virgin olive oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
sea salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
flour	3	tablespoons		108.4275	23.7385	1.7627	0.4207

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.