Fried Cheese Friuli Style (Veneto)

Appetizers

Ingredients

Low fat cheese- 1/2 pound

Mature carnia cheese- 1/4 pound

Butter- 3-4 tbsps

Fat salt pork- 3 tbsps

Onion- a few slices

Eggs, beaten-2

salt and pepper

This is a simple little recipe which can be prepared with any piquant cheese which will fry. Carnia is a fairly piquant cheese of provolone type.

Cut all of the cheese into small pieces. Heat the butter and saute the salt pork and onion until the onion is soft but not brown. Add the cheese and continue to cook slowly until it melts. Turn it over, add the eggs, season to taste with salt and pepper and cook the eggs until they are firmly set and slightly crisp around the edges.

Serves 4.