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Olive Ascolane


Olive Ascolane
Description servings: 4
calories: high
category: starter
cost: medium
difficulty: medium
preparation time: 60
 
Ingredients Big green olives  1 jar
Minced beef meat  150gr
Mortadella  50 gr
Bread crumbs  as required
Spring onions  as required
Eggs  2Garlic
Olive oil  as required
Seed oil  ˝ lt.
Salt  to taste
Pepper to taste

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Preparation Stone the olives and put them aside.

Put some oil in a pan with a clove of garlic, add the meat and cook for 5 minutes.

Mince the mortadella and add it to the meat. Add salt, pepper and the diced spring onion. Then, add bread crumbs to thicken the filling.

Fill the oilves with the ingredients and be very careful not to break the olives.

Beat the eggs, add salt and pepper. Roll the olives gently into the eggs and then in the bread crumbs.

Fry the olives in boiling oil until they brown.
 
The Chef's tips You can make the bread crumbs more resistant and crispy by rolling the olives in the eggs and the breadcrumbs twice. Drink a wine called Verdicchio with this recipe.
 
Curiosity The Olive Ascolane are named after the city of Ascoli Piceno, the place where this recipe comes from.