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FRIED SAINTS

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The potato crocché is one of the protagonists of Neapolitan street food, soft and stringy inside thanks to the heart of smoked provola from Agerola, crunchy on the outside thanks to our skill in the preparation of fried foods.

 

Ingrediants

  • 1 kg of Sila red potatoes nutmeg to taste;
  • 30 g egg yolks smoked provolone from Agerola;
  • 2 medium eggs for breading;
  • breadcrumbs to taste;
  • vegetable oil for frying;
  • Salt to taste. 

 

 

Preparation

To prepare the potato croquettes, wash the potatoes under water, put them to boil in a large pan, pouring water to cover and without peeling. If you use potatoes of the same size it will take about 40 minutes or half the time with a pressure cooker. Once ready, let them cool slightly and then peel them. Pass them in a potato masher to obtain a puree while they are still hot while in a separate bowl beat the egg yolks with pepper and salt and then add them to the mashed potatoes.

You can add the grated nutmeg to flavor the puree and season with the smoked provola from Agerola, mix with a spoon to mix the ingredients until you get a soft and dry mixture. Take a portion of dough weighing about 35 g and form the crocché giving it the shape of a cylinder, with the two ends slightly flattened.

As you form the croquettes, place them on a tray lined with baking paper. Once the dough is finished, it's time for breading: prepare two bowls with the two beaten eggs respectively and the other with breadcrumbs. Pass each crocché first in the egg and then in the breadcrumbs. Place the croquettes on a tray lined with baking paper.


Heat plenty of seed oil in a not too large pan until it reaches 180-190 ° and then gently insert 3-4 croquettes at a time so as not to lower the temperature of the oil. Cook by turning them with a slotted spoon until they are golden brown on all sides. Drain and put them to drain the excess oil on a plate lined with absorbent paper. Serve the potato croquettes still warm! 

Grana Padano PDO cheese
Grana Padano PDO cheese

Grana Padano PDO is a hard, cooked and slow-maturing cheese made with cow's milk from cows milked no more than twice a day and fed with green or preserved fodder from the production area.

Sila red potatoes
Sila red potatoes

Potato variety grown on the Sila plateau, in Calabria. It owes its red skin to the rich presence of anthocyanins, natural coloring substances with antioxidant qualities.

Heart of smoked Agerola provola
Heart of smoked Agerola provola

The smoked Provola of Agerola is a soft cheese typical of Campania that finds its use both in the pizza garnish, and to garnish creamy first courses, to complete fillings for baked pasta.

Egg
Egg

In fact, the egg is a food with a high nutritional value. Thanks to its noble proteins, it is also rich in vitamins: A (in the yolk), B9 (folic acid), B12 (the memory vitamin) and vitamin D.

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