Panelle e Cazzilli Recipe

Hailing from the streets of Italy, Panelle e Cazzilli is a delicious street snack served along with two bread buns in the form of a sandwich. This finger snack is enjoyed in various parts of the world as an Italian delight and also because it is easy to carry and move around.

Panelle e Cazzilli Recipe

Panelle e Cazzilli Recipe

Ingredients:

Recipe :

  • Step 1 Prepare the Panelle

    To prepare the Panelle, prepare a chickpea dough by adding water with a pinch of salt to the chickpea flour and kneading a soft, lump-free dough. You would know the dough is ready when it comes off the bowl on its own.

  • Step 2 Spread the dough on a tray and cut into rectangles

    Meanwhile, oil a tray and pour the soft dough on the tray. It will spread and the thickness should be around 1.5 cms after it spreads. Let it rest and cut in rectangles after it 5 minutes.

  • Step 3 Deep fry the Panelle and season with some salt and pepper

    Heat the olive oil for deep frying and fry the Panelle. Keep them aside and sprinkle some salt and pepper with a few drops of lemon juice.

  • Step 4 Prepare the Cazzilli

    To prepare the Cazzilli, boil and peel the potatoes. Mash them with a potato masher and add in the parmesan with the bread crumbs. Now, add the nutmeg powder with salt and pepper and give it a good mix.

  • Step 5 Preapre a flour and water mix to fry the Cazzilli

    Prepare a thin flour and water mixture to dip in the Cazzilli before frying and some bread crumbs with some parmesan cheese in another plate.

  • Step 6 Create croquettes and fry them

    Create cylindrical croquettes with the potato mash mix and coat them in the flour-water mix and then in the bread crumbs mix and into the hot oil for frying. Fry and serve hot!