Korean Mozzarella Cheese Balls

What words come into your mind when you hear Korean Mozzarella cheese balls? Yes, same here! cheesy and crispy. Korean mozzarella cheese balls are comfort food, it has a delicious texture with creamy cheesy melty inside and crispy outside. What I love about this snack is incredibly easy to make, and you can stock these cheese balls in the refrigerator for quick snacks. This snack can be served on any occasion.

The idea has come when I was sitting in my room, it is nearly dinner time, and the outside was rainy that day. The weather really made me relaxing, chill and lazy to cook at the same time. Then, my husband said he is a little bit hungry and wants to eat something while doing his projects. I go to the kitchen to see what we could make. Not that much, as I see the mozzarella cheese that has been chopped, I am thinking about the creamy cheese inside my mouth. I was going to make a sausage corn dog, but the sausage was running out. So, for quite some time my mind was thinking about how about making cheese balls? Yes brilliant idea, said me to me hehe

HISTORY OF CHEESE BALL

As I surfing on the internet, Cheeseball originally comes from American, the first Cheese ball was crafted and found by Elder John Leland of Cheshire, Massachusetts America in 1801. The cheese ball is made in a very big portion from over 900 cows, in a 1,235pound ball known as “The Mammoth Cheese.” it is made for celebrating political matters. cheeseball made to serve President Thomas Jefferson across the White House. In American, cheeseball becomes a must snack in the holiday season, it is mostly featured on holiday buffet tables.

As time goes by goes, there is an endless variation of cheese balls, There are many options of ingredients for making cheese balls, from the simplest one to the complicated recipe. You can make the mixture from potato, and the coat from peanut, dried fruits. For the tastiness, you can make salty taste, sweet taste, and spicy taste. but mostly cheese balls are savory rather than sweet. Recently, cheeseball has become happening again and it is modified into simplest way with no dipping sauce, the cheese ball combined with powder seasoning. For the filling, there is a mozzarella cheese inside and cheese seasoning outside. It is a snack that you can make with your children.

What is the difference between Korean and American cheese ball?

It is maybe a little bit confusing to make sure what is the difference between American and Korean cheese balls, there are some main points for the difference between them in the text below

• the shape; first thing first come from google when you search the different between American cheese ball and Korean cheese ball is that American cheese ball provide a snack from food industry name cheetoz it is fuff snack.
• The main ingredient; Korean usually made the mixture of cheese ball from potato and bread flour. While the American use a cheese cream and milk
• The filling and coating; if the main ingridients has the similar taste, the filling will be different. American has a thick filling with coating of peanut or dried fruits. Meanwhile Korean cheeseball uses mozzarella cheese for resulting melting inside and only use powder seasoning to minimize the complexity
• The flavour; generally, American has sweet taste if they use dried fruit and peanut as coating. It is depend on what the coating and the mixture of cheese balls. For Korean cheeseball, mostly the flavour is salty and savory due to the seasoning, for the simplest flavouring you can add the chili powder and it is still tasty.

A cheese ball is perfect for family gatherings while watching football games, senior high school reunions, or even lunch snacking for children, of course, they will like a cheese ball. Today, I will cook the simple and easy recipe of a Korean Mozzarella cheese ball. I’m so excited to share it with you guys. Let’s jump into making a cheeseball recipe!

INGREDIENTS OF
KOREAN MOZZARELLA CHEESE BALLS

• Flour – I use glutinous rice flour as main ingredient of batter mix with all-purpose flour, salt, granulated sugar and hot water.
• Baking Soda – Iuse this, to make the batter expand and the result will be more crunchy.
• Mozzarella cheese grated – for filling the inside cheese balls and make the melting texture of cheese ball.
• Seasoning – I use garlic powder, salt, sugar and cheese powder.
• Hot water – To liquid the batter.
• Melted butter– use for making the batter, giving nice smells when cheese ballfried.
• Cheese powder– added with some parsley (optional) and garlic powder to add tastiness in the crispy outside. You can substitute the cheese powder with dipping sauce based on your preference.
• Vegetable oil – for frying.

HOW TO MAKE
KOREAN MOZZARELLA CHEESE BALLS

The Dough

In a bowl, mix the flour, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, butter, and a little salt.  Don’t forget to add hot water. Not too much, don’t be in a rush or too many. You don’t want to make the mixture failed and be too liquid.

After the mixture combine, be precise when you make ingredients otherwise it will mess out. You have to be patient to make the combination.

Then, take a sufficient amount of 25 g each, knead the dough, rolling in your hand to make it a round shape dough.

Cover the cheese ball dough with a wet towel to prevent the dough from drying out.

The Filling

Weigh the mozzarella cheese about 6-8 g each, then shape it to a round shape. Spread the round shape mixture, and add the mozzarella cheese inside, don’t forget to close the dough and make the round shape again. Be careful with closing the dough, try to close with neat, so the cheese will not come out from the shape

Make sure the dough is not cracking. Use water to remove the crack. Do the same with all the rest of the cheese ball mixture

In a pan fry, heat the cooking oil over medium heat. Keep the fire in low heat, in temperature of 160c is alright. Fry the cheese balls for about 3-5 minutes until nice and golden.

Stir them from round to round to make sure the cheese ball is cooked spreadly. After the cheese ball is cooked, rest it on a cooling rack to remove excess oil.

Cheese Seasoning

For the cheese seasoning, add cheese powder, garlic powder, and parsley to add the flavoury. Combine the seasoning.

Insert the cheese ball until all get the spread evenly. Place them into a side dish

Enjoy while the snack is still hot, to feel the sensation of crispy and the melty of cheese!

RECIPE NOTES

• Don’t forget to close the dough after add the mozzarella cheese for filling, make sure to close with neat and make the round shape again to avoid cheese ball exploded
• Remember that cheese has a salty taste, be careful when you add the salt.
• Pay attention to the temperature of the oil during the frying process. The oil that’s too hot will make the cheese and shape failed, while if it’s too small, the batter will be soggy.
• Make sure the heat is low to moderate fire, the ingredient inside and the mozzarella should be cooked

STORING AND KEEPING

If there are some leftovers, keep them in an airtight container or plastic. It will be last up to 3 days. Reheat again with the frying method, but it’s in a shorter time.

Making ahead is the specialty of the recipe, so make a bunch of the cheese balls to freeze them. They will be your hero when you want something to eat easily and quickly. The frozen cheese balls in a freezer-safe bag or airtight container will last up to 3 months.

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