Formaggio Fritto

Name: Formaggio Fritto
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 4 eggs; 5 tablespoons polenta (yellow cornmeal); 300 g (10 oz) mature cheese such as taleggio or a creamy gorgonzola, cut into even slices; 115 g (4 oz) unsalted butter; salt and pepper

Fried Cheese

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Recipes from an Italian Farmhouse

By Valentina Harris

Published 1995

About

It is important to use a really mature cheese for this peasant dish from Friuli – any kind of stracchino will do, as long as it isn’t crumbly.

Ingredients

300 g (10 oz) mature cheese such as taleggio or a creamy gorgonzola, cut into even slices
5 tablespoons

Europe
Italy
Snack
Starter
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Dip the cheese into the polenta to coat it lightly on both sides. The grains of the flour are quite sharp and will embed themselves easily into the soft cheese surface.

Put about two-thirds of the butter into a frying pan and heat until bubbling hot. Place the cheese slices in the butter and fry them thoroughly on both sides.

In a separate pan, heat the remaining butter and fry