3 malfatti Recipes

spinach (after cleaning and trimming stems, this should yield about 2 1/2 lb of useable ), ricotta cheese (fresh ), egg yolks, nutmeg (grated ), parmesan cheese (grated fine ), breadcrumbs (very dry, up to 1/4 cup, only if necessary), salt and pepper, to taste, flour , for dusting, butter (melted )

frozen spinach, salt, ricotta cheese, soft breadcrumbs, romano cheese, grated, eggs, lightly beaten, scallion, minced (green tops included), fresh basil, minced or 2 tsp dried basil, parsley, chopped, garlic clove, minced, nutmeg, black pepper, flour , to roll dumplings in, salt water, butter, melted, parmesan cheese, grated (optional), hot marinara sauce (optional)