Mixed Fritters

Italians eat a great deal of fried food, cooking it almost exclusively in good olive oil, which gives an excellent flavour. These fritters make ideal party food since, although they are best eaten warm, they also taste good cold. In Naples they are called pasta cresciuta - literally translated as ‘grown dough’ - because the yeast makes them rise. Many other ingredients can be fried in the same way - it’s a challenge to come up with different ones.