European fry recipes

Italian Meatballs

Years ago I had an Italian neighbor who became a close friend. I always commented on her delicious meatballs and one day she shared the recipe with…

Chicken Cordon Bleu - Schnitzel Style!

I fell in love with veal cordon bleu prepared schnitzel style in restaurants while living in Germany in the…

Deep Fried Brussels Sprouts

This dish will go with just about any main - pasta, meat, small plates. Whatever you're in the mood for.

Crispy Eggplant Croquettes

nice crispy eggplant croquetts

Pasta capperi, olive, anchovy

This is a mediterranean sauce for pasta, it's very simple. As you may know from my profile I don't use garlic and onion, but I will write the recipe…

Fried Pasta

So what do you do when you have too much leftover pasta? Fried pasta! Fried noodle cakes are popular in a number of cuisines, particularly in Asian…

Tuna patties (Portuguese “pataniscas”)

Grandma Libia's croquetas

Traditional children's fare and a delectable tapa

Frittata ai carciofi (Artichoke Frittata)

The frittata is one of those categories of dishes, like risotto, where the main ingredient, in this case egg,…

My grandmother's migas

A very traditional Spanish dish, originally shepherd's fare, of diced bread stir-fried with chorizo, ham and paprika

Chiacchiere

Chiacchiere (chiacchiere in Italian means to chatter or gossip). and are also called cenci. They are called this because they make so much noise…

Mozzarella in carrozza

What could be more primordially satisfying than the combination of bread and cheese? Well, frying them together makes them even more satisfying. And…

Carnival flowers

Typical Carnival cookies, made with a mold and deep fried, light and crispy and not oily at all.

Zeppole

Zeppole are so easy to make—after all, they are basically just fried pizza dough balls—it is almost embarrassing to post about it, but since it was…

Homemade Pate