Supplì: the Roman king of fried food - Eat and Walk Italy

The supplì is undoubtedly one of the most famous appetizers of Roman cuisine. A simple finger food that can be eaten on the roads of Rome, ... HomeRecipesSupplì:theRomankingoffriedfood RecentPosts TOP10–MostRomanticPlacesinRome TOP10–MostInstagrammablePlacesinRome FoodQuiz–WhataboutItalianFood? Filledpasta:thevarietyofamustofItaliancuisine Top9–WhatisthefavoritepizzafortheItalians? Categories AboutRome Food,sogood News Recipes Tips On5November2019 InRecipes Tags:appetizer,appetizers,arancino,chef,cookingclass,cookingclassrome,cuisine,delicious,eternalcity,fingerfood,food,fried,friedfood,friedsupplì,Italiancuisine,italiandish,Italiandishes,mozzarella,recipe,recipes,rice,riceballs,Roma,Romancuisine,Romandishes,romanmenù,romansupplì,romantradition,Rome,stringymozzarella,supplì,tasty,tradinalcuisine,traditional,traditionalappetizer,traditionalcuisine,yummy NoComments Supplì:theRomankingoffriedfood ThesupplìisundoubtedlyoneofthemostfamousappetizersofRomancuisine.AsimplefingerfoodthatcanbeeatenontheroadsofRome,walkingthroughthestreetsoftheEternalCityandenjoyingallthetasteofstringymozzarellaandrice. Thekingoffriedfoodisexcellentbothasanappetizerandalone,simpleandtasty:ricewithmeatsauce,mozzarella,breadcrumbsandeggs.Itisadishlovedbyadultsandchildrenthatcanbeenjoyedbeforeadinnerofanykind,frompizzatopasta.TogetherwithcacioepepeandamatricianaitiscertainlyoneofthemostfamousdishesinRome. Butwhatareitsorigins?Let’strytodiscoverthemtogether Supplì:abitofhistory ThewordsupplìderivesfromtheFrenchword“surprise“,asurprise,whichclearlyreferstothestringymozzarellawhichishiddeninsidethericeandwhichisrevealedonlyafterthefirstbite.Thustheterm“surprise”hasgraduallybecome“surprisa“,then“supprisa“,again“supprì”andfinally“supplì“. Thefirstsupplìweresoldonthestreet,stillhotandfriedatthetimeinalargepot,duringcityfairs,partiesandspecialevents. Around1800theywereservedinrestaurantsandinnsofthecapital.Itwasinfactin1870thatthesupplìwasinsertedinsideaRomanmenu,attheTrattoriadellaLepreinViaCondotti:“soplisderiso“. Amongthehistoricaltestimonies,JamesJoyce,inaninterviewin1927,recountinghisstayinRome,referstothe“supplittaro“,supplìmaker,whopassedthroughthestreetsofRomewithhislargesteamingcauldronofoil. In1929AdaBoniincludedtherecipeinhercookbook“LacucinaRomana”(Romancuisine). OneofthemostfamousnamesofthisfriedRomanandLatiumtraditionis“supplìaltelefono”,thatliterallymeans“supplìatphone”:thisterminologyderivesfromthefactthatbyopeningthefreshlymadehotsupplìintwo,thestringymozzarellacreateda“thread”betweenthetwopartsmakingitlooklikeaphone. Supplìorarancino? CertainlythesupplìisatypicalRomanfriedfood,asIhavealreadysaid,butinSicilyithasafarmorefamouscousin,thearancino.Althoughtheymayresembleeachother,theyaretwodishesthathavesubstantialdifferences.TheRomansupplìhastheshapeofanelongatedmeatballandismadeexclusivelywithricewithmeatsauceandtheheartofmozzarella.TheSicilianarancinoinsteadhasvariousformsandfillings. Eventhebreadingisdifferent:thericeballsaredippedintheeggtoholdthebreadcrumbsbeforefrying;forthearancinoinsteadthebatterisused. Intheoriginalrecipeofthesupplì,chickengibletswereinserted,nowreplacedbythemorecommonmincedmeatusedforthenormalragù,meatsauce:itgivesthesupplìamoredelicatetaste. InrecentyearssomeRomanpizzeriasandchipshopshavebeguntooffercombinationsofdifferentflavors,alwaystypicalofRomancuisine.Thenyoucanfindthesupplìwithcacioepepeuptotheamatriciana. Supplì:therecipe Ingredients 200gramsofrice(preferablysuperfineforrisotto) 150gramsoftomatosauce 80gramsofmincedmeat 1/2glassofwine salt blackpepper 1mozzarella Breadcrumbs Fryingoil Vegetablebroth/hotwater 2eggs Preparingtime 15min Cookingtime50min Serves 6 Directions Firstofallpreparethemeatsaucewithmincedmeat,redwineandtomatosauce.Preparetherisottobycookingthericedirectlyintheragùandlengthenedwithvegetablestockorhotwater. Allowallthecookingliquidtobewithdrawn(ordrainitifitcannotwithdrawproperly)beforetransferringthericeintoalargebowlandallowittocoolthoroughlyafteradjustingitwithsaltandblackpepper(forthisitshouldbepreparedinadvance). Beattheeggsandcutthemozzarellaintostripsordiced. Takeahandfulofricewithgreasyhandsandplacealittlebitofmozzarellainthecenter,closingsoastogiveanovalshapetothericeballs. Passeachsupplìfirstintheeggtheninthebreadcrumbs,beingcarefulnottobreakit. Heattheoilverywellandcookthesupplìuntiltheyaregoldenenoughontheoutside.Finallydrainandservehot. Enjoyyoursupplì! LeaveaCommentCancelreplyYouremailaddresswillnotbepublished.Allfieldsarerequired.