Why Italian Frico Is A Golden, Crispy Dish Worth Knowing By Name - Chowhound

PHLD Luca/Shutterstock Maybe you've never heard of frico, but you're about to. Pronounced "free-koh", this dish comes from Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in the northeast and in its simplest form, it's a circle of fried mountain cheese. Specifically, Montasio, a semi-hard cheese native to the Alpine area, which is fried until it crisps up into frico croccante (which translates to crunchy frico). Or in other…