Journey to discover one of the most famous dishes in the history of cinema, protagonist of a great film nominated for two Academy Awards in 199. And the recipe!
Tasty, golden, irresistible. Are the Fried Green Tomatoes, that recipe protagonist before the book Fried green tomatoes at Whistle Stop coffee and then of the 1991 film Fried green tomatoes at the train stop, a cult of the history of cinema, with those berries covered with bread that seemed to tie forever Idgie and Ruth, two women who were never afraid to fight against a world of rules that seemed to oppress them, bring them down to earth.
Recipe
The recipe, typical of the tradition of the southern United States, becomes incredibly popular, thanks to a certain ease in preparation and a unique flavor, which goes well with the milk sauce. Unlike the red ones, the green tomatoes are very firm and almost completely seedless, not to be confused with the green unripe tomatoes. It is a dish that makes the kitchen more appetizing, not only for its luxuriant color, but also for a new crunchiness, to be proposed as an appetizer or as a side dish. Once washed and cut into slices, the difficult will be to make the batter. After sieving 80 grams of cornmeal and another 80 grams of 00 flour, mixing them with 10 grams of sugar, prepare separately two eggs beaten together with salt and pepper. At this point you will only have to pass the slices of tomato first in the eggs and then in the mix of two flours twice: only after having cooked them in boiling oil and having pulled them out at the right time, beautiful golden, will be ready to taste and to be served hot, with particular attention not to overlap them once laid on the tray covered with plenty of absorbent paper.
The aromas of the South, the colors and the breading, will awaken those pristine landscapes of America of the Thirties. In particular, bringing us back to Whistle Stop, the town where the railway locomotives darted like lightning bolts and where Idgie and Ruth find shelter from the dangers of the world, when they lovingly run a coffee in the city center fighting against the prejudice of the old men of the country. Those who did not tolerate the self-sufficiency of two young people, but also the friendship they had with black men, men who were only good slaves for obedience. And who knows what to bite a fried green tomato can not suggest a distant echo and that film lovers will recognize immediately. An echo called "Towanda".
