Flash Fried Pasta Chips with Smoked Peppers
There is a customary Sicilian method for frying pasta called 'pasta fritta' where noodles are fried in oil and crisped up in a patty similar to US hash brown potatoes. Recipes vary and sometimes are mixed with eggs or cheese before frying, but either way the dish is customarily served in the morning as a breakfast item using pasta from the night before.
Ingredients
- 1 can roasted red peppers
- 1 can roasted yellow peppers
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
- TT fresh parsley
- 1 ea garlic clove (paste)
- TT salt and pepper
- 1 Tbsp honey
- ¼ cup vinegar
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- TT Parmigiano cheese
Directions
Prepare and emulsified vinaigrette by combining the mustard, honey and vinegar than in a slow stream drizzle oil into the mixture while continuously mixing. Dice smoked peppers and mix with garlic paste and seasoning then add to the base vinaigrette. Stir well and refrigerate. For the chips cut pasta fina sheets to desired size and shape and flash fry until crisp and golden brown. Season chips with salt after removed from the fryer and serve with dip garnished with fresh parsley. Finish chips once slightly cooled with grated Parmigiano cheese.
