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Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style

This is undoubtedly the most well-known traditional Piedmontese dish, also called ‘fricia’. It is a tasty single course which contains a series of ingredients, both salty and sweet. Some of these are indispensable.

  • Time

    1 hour and 5 minutes

  • Difficulty

    Medium

  • Course

    Second Courses

  • Italian Region

    Piedmont

Ingredients

Servings 4

  • 4 lamb chops
  • 3 ½ oz pork sausage
  • 1 eggplant, small
  • 2 zucchini
  • 4 amaretti cookies or macaroons
  • 1 apple
  • 4 ½ oz semolina
  • 1 lemon
  • 3 ½ oz sugar
  • 7 oz all-purpose flour
  • 6 eggs
  • ⅝ lb breadcrumbs
  • 4 cups milk
  • frying oil to taste
  • salt to taste

Preparation

45 minutes preparation + 20 minutes cooking

Step 1

Flour the ingredients separately, lace the oil and butter in a pan and start browning the chicken giblets.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 1

Step 2

Next, add the sausage, frog’s legs, the cremini mushrooms.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 2

Step 3

Carefully wash eggplants and slice regularly. Flour well. Fry till golden brown on both sides in oil and butter.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 3

Step 4

Do the same with the zucchini, then the pumpkin flowers, the apple slices, and finally the mushrooms that have already been cleaned.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 4

Step 5

Once they are all golden brown, season all the ingredients with salt and pepper and cover in breadcrumbs.
Fry separately in abundant olive oil, starting with the zucchini.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 5

Step 6

Fry the apples, then the other ingredients, and drain well after frying.

Mixed fried meat and vegetables piedmontese-style - step 6

Chef's Tips

It is preferable to use olive oil for frying at a temperature of 160°C and to drain the fried fish subsequently on kitchen paper towels. This is a single course because it includes several elements which have different nutritional value, and as a result it is particularly nourishing.