Fried Olives Stuffed With Mortadella
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Sicily's vibrant green, buttery Castelvetrano olives are worth seeking out for their mild, not-overly-briny flavor. Here, they're transformed into more sophisticated bar snacks when stuffed with fried mortadella and then fried to golden perfection—a nod to Italy, where it's common to find deep-fried olives stuffed with ground pork or other meats. If you can't find mortadella, a cured meat, substitute bologna instead. Then pair these cocktail bites with an Italian aperitivo, such as a Negroni.
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Recipe from the Tasting Table Test Kitchen for Crate and Barrel
Fried Mortadella-Stuffed Olives
Pair your Negroni with these golden, Italian-inspired bar snacks.
Prep Time
20
minutes
Cook Time
10
minutes
Servings
20
stuffed olives
Total time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 to 3 pieces mortadella or bologna, sliced thin
- 20 Castelvetrano olives, pitted (use an olive pitter)
- ½ cup flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1 cup olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
- In a 10-inch skillet, heat the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Fry the mortadella until brown, about 2 minutes on each side. Remove from the heat and pat with paper towels to remove excess fat.
- Cut the fried mortadella into 20 small strips, each about ½-inch wide and 1 inch long. Roll up each strip and place inside a pitted olive.
- Place the flour, eggs and bread crumbs in 3 different dishes. Coat each stuffed olive in flour, then egg and then bread crumbs. Repeat to fully coat the olives.
- In a medium frying pan, heat the olive oil until it bubbles. Fry the olives until the coating is golden brown, about 1½ minutes. Remove the olives using a slotted spoon.
- Drain the olives on a paper towel and season immediately with salt and pepper. Serve warm. Crate and Barrel provided the products featured here and sponsored this post.
Nutrition
| Calories per Serving | 79 |
| Total Fat | 5.0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.9 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
| Cholesterol | 17.0 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 6.6 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.5 g |
| Total Sugars | 0.4 g |
| Sodium | 92.7 mg |
| Protein | 1.9 g |
The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
