Did anyone ever have spedini?!
Answers: it is a whole piece of mozzarella, deep fried with an anchovy sauce? Did you like it? Hard to find in Italian Restaurants for some reason.
No. I've never eaten it but I'll be looking for it in every real Italian restaurant I eat in from now on. I am 100% Italian American and so is my husband and neither of us have ever heard of it or eaten it.
However, I found this recipe on line;
http://www.italianchef.com/PrinterFriend...
I'll be giving it a try!
1 lb. spedini meat (Chicken, Lamb, or Beef tenderloin(about 24 slices)
1/2 lb. provolone cheese cut into 1/4" cubes
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle*
1/4 cup Italian Herb Seasoning*
1/4 cup Granulated Garlic Powder*
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil(see note in recipe)
1/2 tsp. Ground Black Pepper to taste*
24 Turkish Bay Leaves
2 lemons
2 mediun onions, cut in quarters, separated into pieces
4 metal skewers
Directions:
Preheat oven to low broil, placing a rack about 4 inches from the flame. Or, get the coals going for low-heat grilling(not too many coals, spread out after they are totally covered with ash--about 25 minutes). Spread wax paper on your countertop, and lay out the slices of meat. Press flat with a large chef's knife. Using a pastry brush, lightly brush the top of the meat with olive oil. Starting with 6 slices of beef, sprinkle on about 1/2 tsp. breadcrumbs and 1/4 tsp. Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle, Italian Herb and Granulated Garlic Powder on each piece. Place one cube of cheese on each piece of beef. Roll up each piece of beef around the cheese, starting with the short side. Skewer the beef roll, along with one Turkish Bay Leaf and one hunk of onion, then repeat with another spedini roll. The order should be beef, bay leaf, onion, beef, bay leaf, onion. Six spedini rolls hould fit comfortably on each skewer. When the first 6 pieces are threaded on the skewer, start the next 6. Place the skewers on a broiler pan with at least one end of the skewer on the edge of the pan(preferably both, if you can manage it) to hold the beef out of the drippings. This whole process will take about 15 minutes.
Mix the juice of one lemon with the remaining olive oil, brush the beef lightly with this mix. Place the spedini on the grill or in the broiler. Cook 6-7 minutes on the first side, until lightly browned, flip, brush with oil and lemon juice again, cook another 5 minutes or so. The trick is to get the beef cooked and the cheese melted without having all the cheese run out and the beef get tough and overcooked. 5 minutes on the second side is usually about right. Remove the spedini from oven, push off skewers onto a serving plate, serve while hot. While the spedini is cooking, cut up the second lemon to serve in a small bowl for sprinkling on the spedini.
I don't know what your question, it is chunks of cheese.
It is good but it is actually widely available in many types of Italian Resturants, at least authentic. If you go to Olive Garden, you won't find it....
spedini means skewered in italian, it refers to any food that is skewered, meat, cheese, veggies, etc
SPiedini
An Italian word for skewers of meat or fish grilled over a flame or under a broiler.
spiedini
Italian for small pieces of meat and other foods grilled on a skewer (i.e. shish kabob which is Turkish).