Fritto misto alla piemontese: Piedmont's sweet and savoury fry up

We travel to Piedmont in the fifth episode of our second series. Famous for its chocolate and truffles, Piedmont is also home to a unique and strange 'fritto misto'. It combines a wide range of sweet and savoury fried ingredients including amaretti biscuits, bull testicles and chocolate semolina.

A traditional fritto misto Piedmontese Style. Can you guess what is what?

IN THIS EPISODE

• Find out how a 15-course meal can fit on one plate
• Think fried food is always bad for you? It's not...
• Italians protect recipes as if they were endangered species

Fritto misto alla piemontese, also called fricia, is a whole meal of fried food from starter to dessert.

All the ingredients are typically served together on the one plate. Offal, vegetables and sweet items like apple, peach and semolina are coated in egg and breadcrumbs then fried and served piping hot.

Some of the ingredients I think you'll enjoy more than others.

Olivia Windsor

Olivia Windsor is an Australian living in Italy. She writes about her new life and all the beautiful food she encounters on her blog livguine.com.

Olivia is married to a Piedmontese who never misses the opportunity to have his beloved fritto every year for his birthday.

Olivia Windsor in Torino. Credit: Rhianna May/Photo: Rhianna May Photography

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Fritto misto alla piemontese: Piedmont's sweet and savoury fry up

SBS Italian

28/02/202319:50

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Find a collection of recipes featured in the first series on the SBS Food website, including this recipe for Crumbed meat and vegetables (fricia).

Listen to the Italian version of this episode here.