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Fried Cheeseballs

Crunchy and salty these cheeseballs are a mixture of goats cheese, feta cheese, cream cheese and mozzarella cheese. They are an easy and delicious hot appetizer recipe for parties or game night.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer, Finger food, Game night, High Tea, Snack, Starter, tea time
Cuisine American, Greek
Servings 20 balls

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Rubber spatula
  • Heavy bottom sauce pan
  • Perforated spoon
  • Paper towel

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup feta cheese
  • 1/4 cup goats cheese
  • 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese cut into small cubed
  • 2 tbsp cream cheese
  • 1 tsp dried herbs
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Coating -

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
  • 3 tbsp white sesame seeds

Serve with -

  • Sweet chili sauce

Instructions
 

  • n a heavy bottom sauce pan add oil, half way through. Let it get hot gently on low to medium heat.
  • In a small bowl add the goats cheese, feta cheese, cream cheese, mozzarella cheese, dried herbs, black pepper and mix until combined.
  • Add a little oil in your hands and using a teaspoon to portion out the cheese mixture start rolling it between your palms to form them into balls. Place on a plate and continue until all the mixture is portioned and formed into balls.
  • Now set up the coating process, in one bowl add the flour, cayenne pepper powder and salt - stir together and set aside. In the second bowl add the egg and beat it well. In a third bowl add the panko breadcrumbs and sesame seeds, stir together and set aside.
  • Keeping one hand for the dry ingredients and keep one hand for the wet (to control the messiness), coat the cheeseball in flour, then roll in beaten egg and then in the panko mixture, transfer to a platter and repeat until all are done. At this stage you can chill or freeze them.
  • If you are frying them immediately or chilled they will take 1-3 minutes until golden and cooked through. If you are frying them frozen they will take 3-5 minutes to cook.
  • Remove from the oil using a perforated spoon and transfer to a paper kitchen towel. Let the excess oil drain out before serving. I love serving them with sweet chili sauce.

Notes

  • Coat the cheeseballs well as if they aunt coated well they might break apart in the oil during frying.
  • Be careful not to over cook them as the cheese will start oozing out of the balls as they fry. While frying don’t move them too much let the coating get fried first as this acts the barrier to keep the cheese inside.