Crispy Friulian Frico Friabile

This easy recipe has only one ingredient: Montasio cheese.

The fresh, semi-aged, and aged varieties will all work. The discs will be flexible when warm but crisp up as they cool. If you'd like to get fancy, you can shape them into little tubes, cups, or baskets when they are warm, and they will retain the shape. You can flavor crispy frico with all kinds of herbs or minced pancetta or prosciutto. Making frico is a lesson in transforming humble ingredients into something special, a core component of Cucina Povera.

Crispy frico

Difficulty

Easy

Serves

8 people

Preparation time

5 minutes

Cooking time

15 minutes

INGREDIENTS

1 cup grated Montasio cheese

STEPS

1

Heat a nonstick griddle or cast-iron pan (or coat another pan very light with olive oil) and sprinkle about 1 tablespoon grated Montasio in a thin circle.

2

Cook until crisp and golden, then flip and cook the other side, about 5 minutes total. Repeat with remaining cheese.