Stuffed and Fried Bread Stars, a delicious appetizer perfect to serve during all the Christmas holidays. The little bread stars are filled with a creamy mixture of ricotta and cooked ham, giving a delicate flavor to the appetizer. If you don’t want to fry them, you can also bake them in the oven or use an air fryer. I recommend checking out and saving this SPECIAL COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS RECIPES which will be useful if you need ideas for sweet and savory Christmas recipes. Now let’s see how to make the stuffed and fried bread stars, and if you try them, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 10 Minutes
Portions: 6
Cooking methods: Frying
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Christmas, New Year's Eve

Ingredients

4 slices long sandwich bread
3.5 oz cooked ham
3.5 oz ricotta cheese
1 egg
as needed flour
as needed breadcrumbs
as needed peanut oil

Tools

Cookie Cutters
Chopper
Blender

How to Prepare Stuffed and Fried Bread Stars

Let’s start preparing the Stuffed and Fried Bread Stars, place the cooked ham in the blender,
add the ricotta
and blend everything for a few seconds until you get a smooth cream.
Roll out the slices of bread with a rolling pin,
use a cookie cutter to cut out stars, I made 3 stars from each slice of bread.
Place a teaspoon of ricotta and ham cream in the center of the star
close with another star and press well on the edge so that it seals properly.
First, dip the stars in flour,
then in beaten egg
and finally in breadcrumbs.
Pour some oil into a pan and heat, once it’s at the right temperature, fry the stars until golden on both sides,
once golden, remove them and let them drain on absorbent paper.
Serve the Stuffed and Fried Bread Stars hot or at room temperature.