Cazzilli

Name: Cazzilli (Sicilian Fried Potato Rolls)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 500 g/1¼ lb large potatoes; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup coarsely grated caciocavallo or provolone cheese; 25 g/1 oz/1 cup fresh parsley leaves; 1 slice cooked ham, about 25 g/1 oz; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp unsalted butter; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup freshly grated pecorino cheese; 2 eggs, separated; sunflower oil, for deep-frying; sea salt and ground black pepper; 25 g/1 oz/¼ cup plain/all-purpose flour; 60 ml/4 tbsp stale white breadcrumbs

Sicilian Fried Potato Rolls

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

These traditional croquettes are popular all over Sicily, and can be bought, piping hot and crisp, from markets, or made at home. When times were hard, meat was a luxury afforded only by the few, so vegetables, which could be grown with relative ease, were often combined with basic ingredients to create main-course dishes to feed the family.