# Boiled spinach balls

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Appetizer
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups whole milk ricotta
- 5 oz. chopped frozen spinach, thawed
- 0.5 cup Parmigiano Reggiano, finely grated
- 0.33 cup \u201800\u2019 flour
- 2 egg yolks
- 0.25 tsp. salt
- Ricotta salata or Parmigiano, for topping
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 0.5 cup garlic cloves, peeled
- 0.25 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Salt to taste
- 1 sprig basil
- Pasta water, as needed

## Instructions

1. Combine chopped spinach with ricotta, Parmigiano, flour, salt, and egg yolks.
2. Shape the nudy.
3. Cook the nudy until they float to the top.
4. Place them directly over the sauce.
5. Top with grated ricotta salata.
6. Enjoy.
7. Prepare a roasted cherry tomato & garlic sauce.
8. Serve the spinach & ricotta gnudi over the roasted cherry tomato & garlic sauce.
9. Top with ricotta salata.
10. Roast cherry tomatoes.
11. Roast garlic cloves.
12. Season with salt.
13. Add basil.
14. Use pasta water as needed for the sauce.
15. Combine 2 cups whole milk ricotta, 5 oz. chopped frozen spinach (thawed), 1/2 cup finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano, 1/3 cup '00' flour, 2 egg yolks, and 1/4 tsp. salt for the Spinach & Ricotta Gnudi.
16. For the Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce, combine 2 pints cherry tomatoes, 1/2 cup peeled garlic cloves, 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil, and salt to taste.
17. Add 1 sprig of basil to the Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce.
18. Use pasta water as needed for the Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce.
19. Top the gnudi with ricotta salata or Parmigiano.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18dUmERpXf/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dfcc39a5-1880-4102-840a-71f90639e059
- Extracted: 2026-04-25

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