Italian-inspired stuffing balls | Munching Matilda

Ingredients

• 75g salted butter
• 3 scallions or a small white onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• 500g sausage meat (or the meat from Italian sausages)
• 200g breadcrumbs
• 4 tablespoons chopped fresh sage, plus 10-15 leaves set aside
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley (if you can’t get fresh parsley, dried parsley will do the job)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil (like the parsley, dried basil will do the job if you can’t get it fresh)
• 50g Italian hard cheese, grated (I used grana padano, because I like the flavour better than parmesan, but parmesan is fine too)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 15 thin strips of parma ham, prosciutto or pancetta