Mozzarella in Carrozza (Italian Deep-Fried Cheese Sandwich)

Introducing... the classiest deep-fried cheese sandwich you ever did see.

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30 minutes cook

Serves 1

Nell Carter
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Ingredients

    Mozzarella in Carrozza
  • 2slices white bread, crusts trimmed
  • 80gmozzarella (low-moisture or well-drained fresh mozzarella)
  • 1egg
  • 30gpanko
  • salt & pepper
  • olive oil (for frying)
    • Puttanesca sauce
  • 2 tbspolive oil
  • 2garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3-4anchovy fillets, chopped
  • 1 tbspcapers
  • 7black olives, halved
  • 1 tbsptomato purée
  • 200gtinned tomatoes
  • salt & pepper
  • fresh parsley to serve

A crisp and golden deep-fried mozzarella sandwich served on a bed of rich, punchy puttanesca sauce. It's essentially an Italian grilled cheese, yet also, somehow, chic enough to serve to your friends at dinner and feel like a culinary queen.

Method

  • Start by prepping your puttanesca sauce. Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.
  • Add your garlic and cook gently until fragrant, then stir in your anchovy, capers, olives and tomato purée. Cook for 1 min.
  • Add chopped tomatoes tomatoes and season with salt and pepper.
  • Simmer for 15–20 minutes until thickened. Keep warm.
  • Next, prepare the mozzarella in carrozza. Sandwich the mozzarella between two slices of bread, then use a fork to seal the edges.
  • In a shallow bowl, whisk egg, salt and pepper. On another plate, pour out panko breadcrumbs.
  • Submerge the sandwich into the egg mixture, making sure it's coated on both sides, then press firmly into panko to coat all over, including the edges.
  • Heat a frying pan with a thin layer of oil. Once the surface is shimmering, carefully lower the sandwich into the pan and shallow fry over a medium heat for ~2–3 mins each side golden and crisp.
  • To serve, spoon the puttanesca sauce onto a plate and lay your mozzarella in carrozza on top. Garnish with fresh parsley.
  • Cut down the middle and pull apart with your knife and fork to treat your guests (or yourself, no judgement) to that gorgeous cheese pull action. Swiftly demolish.

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