Have you ever heard of Megli’s focaccette? Nothing to do with focaccia, the flat Ligurian bread! They are fritters, made of thin layers of dough, stuffed with creamy melting cheese (crescenza). For us Genoese, cheese fritters represent the delicious...
The traditional Ligurian fritters for Carnival are bugie, also known elsewhere in Italy as chiacchiere, crostoli, frappe…any Region a different name. I use to prepare them at least twice during Carnival week. This year, though, I developed a fritters’ recipe with...