8 gran fritto misto alla piemontese

GRAN FRITTO MISTO ALLA PIEMONTESE FOR 4-5 PEOPLE

The birth of this rich dish is connected to the saying, typical of rural

people: "Dal crin as campa via gniente"

("don't waste any part of the pig"). 

In fact the fritura mescia (a fried dish)

was originally prepared when the pig was

butchered. This dish was suitable for festive meals and was based on

black puddings, lungs (fricassà bianca) and liver (fricassà neira). New ingredients have been added over the

years. 

INGREDIENTS:

• Meat: • sliced veal, sliced veal, • sausages, sausages, • lamb or kid chops,lamb or kid chops,• veal or pork liver, veal or pork liver, • lamb giblets,lamb giblets,• veal kidney,veal kidney,• frogs,frogs,• brains,brains,• pig's trotterspig's trotters• and beef marrow. and beef marrow. 

•Vegetables,Vegetables,fruits and fruits and sweet sweet ingredients: ingredients: •auberginesaubergines, , •courgettes, courgettes, courgettecourgette• flowers, flowers, mushroomsmushrooms,,• apples, apples, macaroons,macaroons,• pieces of pieces of semolina semolina •pudding. pudding. 

•Coating:Coating:

•FlourFlour.•eggseggs,• milk,bread-milk,bread-crumbscrumbs• andand saltsalt.

AFTER CLEANING AND CUTTING AFTER CLEANING AND CUTTING THE MEAT AND THE VEGETABLES, THE MEAT AND THE VEGETABLES, AND AFTER SOFTENING THE AND AFTER SOFTENING THE MACAROONS IN SOME MILK, YOU MACAROONS IN SOME MILK, YOU ARE READY FOR THE COATING.ARE READY FOR THE COATING.

Since the ingredients have to be Since the ingredients have to be covered with flour, and some of covered with flour, and some of

them also put in a batter (made of them also put in a batter (made of flour,milk and egg) or in bread-flour,milk and egg) or in bread-crumbs, you have to check the crumbs, you have to check the

cooking time and the oil cooking time and the oil temperature carefully.temperature carefully.

Fry in olive oil that you can enrich Fry in olive oil that you can enrich using some butter. The golden brown using some butter. The golden brown colour will show you the right cooking colour will show you the right cooking point.point.

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……THAT'S THE THAT'S THE RESULT!!!RESULT!!!