Italian Cheese Balls

The cheese balls add a change to your pasta dinner. This is a great recipe that I got from my father. He made these while I was growing up and I loved them, now I want to share this with everyone.

Original recipe makes 18 balls

Ingredients

1 pound ricotta cheese
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
2 eggs, beaten
4 egg whites
3/4 cup white sugar

  • PREP

    15 mins

  • COOK

    45 mins

  • READY IN

    1 hr

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
  2. In a medium bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, flour, salt, vanilla, lemon zest and eggs. In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg whites and sugar. Pour into the cheese mixture, and mix until well blended. Roll into balls about the size of a golf ball, and place in a glass baking dish.
  3. Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 129 kcal
Carbohydrates: 11.4 g
Cholesterol: 45 mg
Fat: 6.9 g
Fiber: 0.1 g
Protein: 5.5 g
Sodium: 153 mg

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