Fritto Misto All’ascolana

Ascoli is a wonderful ancient city close to the border between Marche and Abruzzo. Taking elements from both regions, this dish is a fried heaven of lamb, battered vegetables, sweet custard fritters and olive all’Ascolana; these amazing olives are stuffed with meat, breaded and deep fried to crispy perfection!

Tradition calls for this recipe to use a quality of olives called tenera ascolana, which are meaty elongated olives infused in brine with fennel an