Fiurit is one of those products that testifies to the cheesemakers' desire to waste nothing from milk production: it is a delicate cheese, it's the bloom that the cheesemaker takes before forming the ricotta. An ancient tradition brought to the table in this recipe from Contrada Bricconi!
Ingredients - for 450gr of gnocchetti
- 270 gr ricotta cheese
- 16 gr of egg white
- 160 gr of type 00 flour
- 4 gr salt
- 500 gr fresh spinach
- Grated mountain cheese 200 gr
- Smoked Fiurit 150 gr x 10 pax (Alternatively 150 gr kefir)
- Rue for decoration
For the Wild Garlic Oil
- 150 gr sunflower oil
- 70 gr wild garlic
Procedure
To make in advance:
For the green gnocchetto: sift the ricotta cheese through a wide mesh, smoke it 15 minutes in the smoker 4 times. Knead the night before keeping the dough coarse. For wild garlic: blend in a thermomix at max speed for 7 to 8 minutes. Allow oil to seep through a paper towel overnight. place in a fine-tipped bottle.
Next:
Clean spinach, blanch in boiling salted water for 3 minutes. Cool with water and ice and blend in a thermomix at max speed until bright green and smooth.
Place the fiurit in a tall steel container, add 2 hot coals inside, cover with lid and let it smoke 30 minutes.
Form 1/2 cm long, thin cylinders with the gnocchi dough. Sprinkle them with plenty of flour and cut them, preserving the square shape. Cook them in salted water for 2 minutes, emulsify with a little butter and water, cream 50gr gnocchi with 20gr green cream and a tablespoon of grated aged cheese from the mountain.
Plate in a small bowl, fill the rim with a drizzle of Wild Garlic Oil and place the smoked fiurit on it with the help of a teaspoon. Garnish with 3 rue leaves.
Contact
Contrada Bricconi
Via Bricconi, 3, 24020 Oltressenda Alta BG