The savory carnival fritters I’m showing you today are a quick, easy, and swift recipe as an alternative to the usual sweet fritters. Savory fritters are perfect for a splendid carnival party, to be eaten with various cured meats and cheeses either at a standing buffet or sitting around a table.
The savory carnival fritters are also great for a tasty snack or the now-trendy Sunday brunch, after all, everything fried tastes better, and if we don’t fry during Carnival, what do we do? Once in a while, some fried treats are just fine.
You’ll see that with very few ingredients you’ll get some truly tasty savory carnival fritters, and for those who want to bake them, you can do so without problems, but they won’t bubble as much as when fried. They’re good, yes, but not bubbly, so the choice is yours.
Below, I leave you some other tasty appetizers for Carnival and more, then right after the photo, we’ll discover how to prepare savory carnival fritters!!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Carnival
Ingredients for savory carnival fritters
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 3/4 tbsp white wine
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- to taste black pepper
Preparation of savory carnival fritters
To prepare the savory fritters, start by sifting the flour with the baking soda and then place it in the bowl of your mixer or in a bowl to mix by hand.
Add the extra virgin olive oil and the egg, and start mixing with a spoon or in the mixer.
Add a generous handful of freshly ground black pepper.
Continue to knead now with your hands if you don’t have a machine to do it, and gradually add the salt and wine.
Knead until you have a smooth and firm ball, cover it with a tea towel, and let it rest for at least 30 minutes.
Now take your dough and roll it out thinly a few millimeters with a rolling pin.
Cut into strips approximately 4 inches long and 1.5 inches wide or more; I made them long and narrow to wrap cured meats around them.
Heat plenty of oil for frying (I use peanut oil) which has a fairly high smoke point, so it doesn’t burn in frying, and fry a few savory carnival fritters at a time.
Turn them as soon as they are golden on one side and drain them on kitchen paper to remove excess oil.
To your carnival fritters dough, you can add chopped herbs to taste, or paprika or turmeric for a tasty and varied result.
How to store savory carnival fritters
Carnival fritters can be stored in a tin box for 4 days.
If you make them wider than mine, remember to make a cut in the middle like the sweet ones to facilitate cooking.
