A long night with Frico and Aki Kaurismäki
Just back from a car trip in central Europe, and the last stop has been in Udine, paying visit to a friend.
We were offered a great dinner with local food, especially a long awaited first try at Frico. It’s a local dish made of cooked cheese and potatoes, and it’s just d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s… 
If you want to try it, short of visiting Udine you can try this Frico recipe I found in english, but I cannot guarantee it’s original 
After the dinner, another gift from our hosts as we watched Leningrad Cowboys Go America, by Aki Kaurismäki. Surreal characters bring alive the movie, that is deeply enjoyable although many of the scenes are in fact quite dramatic. Poverty and sad human conditions are in fact basic parts of the story.
on August 24th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Yay! Another frico-addicted!
It was really a pleasure having you in Udine
There are so many variations in the ingredients and in the process of cooking frico, the main differences being the crisp version (cheese only, no potatoes) and the soft one (cheese, potatoes, with or without onions). So I guess that “original” includes a lot of them.
We’ll see how my recipe ranks, compared with the delicious one served at La Valanghe