Bird's nest

STEP 1

Preheat the oven to 160°C. Cook the new potatoes in lightly salted water.

STEP 2

Boil the eggs for nine minutes, then quench them under cold water and peel these hard-boiled eggs.

STEP 3

Mix the garlic and chopped onion with the minced meat and season with salt and pepper.

STEP 4

Make the bird's nest: divide the prepared mince into 4 parts and make it into a ball. Place the ball in your hand and push a dimple in it the size of an egg. Place a hard-boiled egg in the dimple and knead the minced meat around it. Press the meatball well and roll it through your hands until you get an even meatball that seamlessly surrounds the egg. Set the balls aside for a while.

STEP 5

Place a skillet over medium heat with grease. Fry the birds' nests until golden brown, rolling frequently so that they brown evenly all over. Then place the fried bird's nest in a baking dish and keep warm in oven at 160°C.

STEP 6

Sauté the onion in a little fat and also add the diced fennel, vegetable stock and white wine. Let it simmer on low heat for about 10 minutes until the fennel is nice and soft. Now add the spinach, along with some thyme and bay leaf, and continue to stew until the spinach is soft and the liquid has evaporated. Finally, mix in below the cherry tomatoes cut into 4 and the cream and season with salt and pepper.

STEP 7

Finally, fry the boiled potatoes golden brown over medium-high heat in a dash of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

STEP 8

Serve the bird's nest with the greens and baked new potatoes.