Italian finger food - fried mozzarella the perfect super bowl appetizer

This Italian finger food is the perfect appetizer before dinner or to serve as a buffet and finger food item. Because they make such yummy super bowl snacks, you will need to make lots of them for your guests!

This cheese appetizer recipe is easy to make and the balls look very pretty on the table. To give this dish a delicate and superior flavor, you can add green basil and parsley...

These quick appetizers are made from buffalo milk’s cheese, making melted semi-soft elastic balls with crunchy texture outside. In Italy, Mozzarella balls are popular Italian finger food items. They are fried out on the streets during holidays or during fairs so people can enjoy fresh quick meals outdoors.

Try this very delicious Italian finger food before your next dinner and make your family shower praises on you!

Fried Mozarella (Mozarella Impanata)

Ingredients

12 ounces fresh mozzarella
2 eggs
1 cup flour
2 cups of breadcrumbs
1 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp of fresh parsley
10 sprigs of fresh basil
1 teaspoon crushed black pepper
Salt, according to taste

Instructions

1. Crack the eggs in a wide, shallow bowl, salt lightly and mix with a fork.

2. Mix pepper in flour and spread a layer of flour onto a plate.

3. Mix in garlic powder and parsley to bread crumbs. Spread the bread crumbs on another plate.

4. Cut the mozzarella into 1/3 inch slices.

5. Dip the cheese into the flour, making sure its whole surface is coated.

6. Dip into the egg mixture and then coat with bread crumbs mixture.

7. Heat a ½ inch layer of olive oil in a high-sided skillet over high heat. When the oil is hot, put in the breaded mozzarella and fry for two minutes on each side or until golden. Flip to cook both sides evenly.

8. Let it drain briefly on paper towl.

9. Serve the slices topped with a favorite marinara sauce (optional).

10. Sprinkle with pinch of dried oregano and garnish with basil. Serve hot.

Did you know?

Mozzarella is a generic term for several kinds of originally Italian cheeses that are made using spinning and then cutting (hence the name; the Italian verb mozzare means "to cut")

The first Stretched Curd Cheese, Mozzarella had its origins with nomadic tribes of the Middle East. This style of cheese gradually spread across Europe to the Mediterranean. Another legend has it that mozzarella was first made when cheese curds accidently fell into a pail of hot water in a cheese factory near Naples...

It is widely known that the best and most highly prized buffalo mozzarella is still found south of Naples near Battipaglia and Caserta where small factories continue centuries-old traditions making fresh buffalo mozzarella daily for their local customers.

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