Frico with Basil

There are just two ingredients to these little Italian-style cheese crisps, but every time you serve them, you’ll be pronounced a genius. Traditionally, frico are made with aged Asiago cheese in their home region of Friuli, Italy, but I’ve found that just about any hard, aged, dry cheese will make wonderful frico; you might try the recipe with aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, grana Padano, Gruyère, Manchego, or Gouda cheese. Keep in mind that the moister the cheese, the chewier the frico, and the