Preparation time: 20 min |
Difficulty: low |
Recipe cost: low |
Serves for: 6 people
Ingredients:
- gr. 75 of grated Fossa cheese,
- gr. 100 of cream,
- 3 egg yolks,
- salt – pepper to taste.
- flour,
- nutmeg,
- breadcrumbs,
- oil for frying.
Ingredients for the béchamel sauce:
- gr. 100 of butter,
- gr. 100 of flour,
- 1 liter of milk.
Make béchamel sauce with butter, flour, milk and salt, let it cool then incorporate grated Fossa cheese, 2 egg yolks, cream and a sprinkling of grated nutmeg. Pour the mixture into a buttered baking dish forming a layer about half an inch high, even out the surface well, then let it rest in the refrigerator for 2 hours. Cut the mixture into squares or diamond shapes, dip them in flour then in egg yolk diluted with water, then in breadcrumbs, and finally fry in boiling oil. Serve piping hot.
Used in this recipe: Fossa cheese from Sogliano D.O.P.