Cheese and Ham Flan - Molise style
calories: medium
category: starter
cost: medium
difficulty: medium
preparation time: 45
Ingredients
Ricotta cheese 250 gr
Raw or cooked ham 100 gr
Provolone cheese 75 gr
Eggs 3
Parsley a sprig
Salt to taste
Flour 350 gr
Lard 50 gr
Olive Oil 5 spoonfuls
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Raw or cooked ham 100 gr
Provolone cheese 75 gr
Eggs 3
Parsley a sprig
Salt to taste
Flour 350 gr
Lard 50 gr
Olive Oil 5 spoonfuls
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Preparation Sieve the Ricotta cheese and put it into a bowl. Add the ham cut into tiny pieces. Grate the cheese, dice the parsley and add as well as an egg and a pinch of salt. Cover the mixture and let it rest in the meantime.
For the dough, put the flour on the pastry board and make a well in the middle where you will put two eggs, the lard and a pinch of salt. Knead together with your fingers and then with your hands until you have a smooth firm dough. If required, add a little water.
Roll the dough out on the pastry board dusted with flour until you have obtained a thin sheet. On half of it put small spoonfuls of the mixture at the same distance from each other and cover them with the other half. Cut the calcioni with a round pasta cutter, similar to a biscuit cutter.
Then fry them in plenty of hot oil and serve preferably hot with other starters. The Chef's tips This white wine called Falanghina is a dry white wine to be served at 8 to 10° C Curiosity This starter can be served together with other vegetables and olives.
For the dough, put the flour on the pastry board and make a well in the middle where you will put two eggs, the lard and a pinch of salt. Knead together with your fingers and then with your hands until you have a smooth firm dough. If required, add a little water.
Roll the dough out on the pastry board dusted with flour until you have obtained a thin sheet. On half of it put small spoonfuls of the mixture at the same distance from each other and cover them with the other half. Cut the calcioni with a round pasta cutter, similar to a biscuit cutter.
Then fry them in plenty of hot oil and serve preferably hot with other starters.
