Machine for making rissoles

Machine (1) for making rissoles comprising at least:

• a hopper (3) for food (4);
• a dispensing element (5) for dispensing a portion (6) of the food (4) taken from the hopper (3);
• a forming element (10) for forming the dispensed portion (6) comprising a shaped element (11) and a facing contrast element (12);
• the shaped element (11) comprising a motor roller (13) provided with a circumferential recess (14);
• the contrast element (12) comprising a fixed guide (15) provided with a circumferential groove (16) facing the circumferential recess (14), together defining a circumferential channel (21) into which the portion (6) passes;
• wherein the circumferential recess (14) includes reliefs or notches (22) in its interior and the groove (16) includes protrusions or cavities (23), the reliefs or notches (22) and the protrusions or cavities (23) for interacting with the portion (6) to facilitate a roto-translation movement of the portion (6) within the circumferential channel (21) so as to form the portion (6) into a spherically shaped rissole (2).