Chickpea Fritters

An old Italian proverb admonishes “Mazze e panelle fanno i figli belli, panelle senza mazze, fanno i figli pazzi.” Discipline and panelle (treats) make children good, but panelle without discipline makes children wild. When my 3½-year-old grandson Felice was on a gluten free diet, panelle became his favorite “bread;” his sister Francesca, who was not quite one, loved them too!