Nonna Carmela D’angelo’s Fried Cardoons

Name: Nonna Carmela D’angelo’s Fried Cardoons (Cardoni Fritti)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1½ pounds (680 g) cardoons; all-purpose or 00 flour, for dredging; all-purpose or 00 flour, for dredging; 4 large eggs; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) whole milk; 1 cup (115 g) plain bread crumbs; 1 tablespoon (4 g) chopped fresh parsley; ¼ cup (25 g) grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 1 teaspoon salt; ¼ teaspoon black pepper; Olive oil, for frying

Cardoni Fritti

Preparation info

Yield:
8 to 10
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Cooking with Nonna

By Rossella Rago

Published 2018

About

Every holiday season, Nonna Carmela and her grandson John take a trip to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx to shop for ingredients for Christmas. One of their first stops is for fresh produce at Boiano Foods Inc. in the Arthur Avenue Retail Market. A cardoon is the thistle part of the artichoke plant, and it tends to resemble large claws of celery filled with strings that need to be peeled. “These are a lot of work,” Nonna Carmela says, “but every

Ingredients

Europe
Italy
Starter
Vegetarian
Christmas

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