Deep Fried Pasta Snack: Crunchy Paccheri with Stracchino and Porcini

Crunchy stuffed pasta? It may sound odd, but we promise: once you try this deep fried pasta recipe you want more and more!

Crunchy stuffed pasta? It may sound odd, but we promise: once you try this deep fried pasta recipe you want more and more!

The stuffing obviously lends itself to endless variations, but today we wanto to suggest you a Stracchino cheese and porcini mushrooms stuffing for this crispy pasta snack. Aboslutely delicious!

Try this delicious fried paccheri for a party, they are great to be served as finger food. Children will love them! If you are having a party at home, prepare them before, andd just fry them before serving. For a healthier version, bake in oven for 20 minutes.

Instructions

• Cook the paccheri in a large pot with salted boiling water.
• In the meantime place the mushrooms in a bowl and cover with hot water. Let soak 15 to 30 minutes, until thoroughly soft.
• Drain the pasta al dente. Be careful not to break the paccheri while cooking or draining them. Let them cool.
• In a bowl, mix together the Stracchino, the Parmesan, salt and pepper. Put a clove of garlic in a pan with a little oil and cook untile it gets gold.
• Cut the mushrooms and gently squeeze them. Then sauté the mushrooms in the pan for a few minutes.
• Remove the garlic and blend the mushrooms with a mixer. Then add them to the ricotta and mix well.
• Transfer the cream into a sac-à-poche. Then fill the paccheri delicately.
• Tap the paccheri first in the flour, then in the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs, being careful to also cover the short sides.
• Then fry them in a pan with oil hot, a couple of minutes per side, until full browning. Serve immediately.

Images: beats1 / 123RF Archivio Fotografico | Dried Mushrooms by Aka CC BY-SA 2.5