Supplì (Italy)
Widely regarded as one of Rome's best street food, this
steak was actually arancini dicks deep fried rice is quite similar to Sicily,
but suppli traditionally filled with mozzarella cheese and rice, slow cooked in
a tomato based gravy is boiling technique.
In Rome, they are known as supplì al telefono, which takes
their name from the Italianization of the French word surprise and the long
strings of melted cheese that resemble a telephone cord, surprise balls that
appear when you break one of these crispy rice are opened.
However, these delicious rice pies date back to long before
the phone. The name is apparently 18. it appeared during the Napoleonic
occupation of Italy at the end of the XVIII century, while the first written
record of supplì was found in the 1874 menu of the Trattoria della Lepre of
Rome.
At that time they were stuffed with provatura Romana cheese,
chicken giblets or minced meat, and were allegedly the favorite afternoon snack
of James Joyce, who was living in Rome at the time. Even today, suppli remains
an unmissable dish for everyone who visits the capital of Italy.
They are served in a large number of friggitorias – street
restaurants serving fried snacks, known as fritti, but they have also become a
classic starter and are on the menus of pizzerias and trattoria all over the
city.
ENJOY YOUR MEAL