Crispy Fried Pumpkin

Ingredients

• 1 kg small pumpkin (e.g., Hokkaido; 1 small pumpkin)
• 1 egg
• 100 g breadcrumbs
• 50 g grated Parmesan
• 2 tsp finely chopped rosemary needles
• oil for frying

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel the pumpkin, halve it, remove seeds and cut into sticks about 1 cm wide. Blanch the pumpkin sticks in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then drain, shock in cold water and let them dry.

2. 2.

   Mix breadcrumbs, Parmesan, and rosemary on a shallow plate. Beat the egg in a deep dish. Dip each pumpkin stick first in the egg, then coat with the breadcrumb mixture. Heat oil in a pot and fry the pumpkin sticks in batches from both sides until golden brown; keep finished sticks warm in an oven at 70°C.