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Olive à l’Ascolane, filled with meat and French fries

Olive all’ascolana, meat-stuffed fried olives

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Ascoli Piceno’s specialty: large, green olives, pitted and spiral-cut, filled with a mixture of slow-cooked beef, pork, and turkey, seasoned with white wi…

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Recipe from Interminatispazi, Hippias, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Olive from Ascoli Piceno are a typical dish from the province of Ascoli Piceno, in Italy. Prepare them for a taste of traditional Italian cuisine.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time1 hr 30 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total2 hr 30 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfrying
  • Estimated cost$22.16 $2.22 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

10 people
  • $13.35
  • $2.31
  • $0.08
  • $0.37
  • $0.80
  • $0.18
  • $0.28
  • $1.66
  • $0.07

Coating

  • $0.35
  • $0.80
  • $0.44
  • $1.47

Prices from US supermarkets for 10 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the meats into pieces, place them in a large pot with the celery, carrots, onion, salt, pepper, a little water, and white wine, and cook.
  2. Transfer everything to a chopper and pour into a mixing bowl. ≈ 3 min
  3. Add the Parmesan cheese, eggs, nutmeg, butter, zest, and a pinch of salt, and knead by hand. ≈ 10 min
  4. Remove the pits from the olives using a paring knife, then roll the flesh around a walnut to form the olive again. ≈ 8 min
  5. Place the olives in the flour, beaten egg, and breadcrumbs, then fry them in hot oil until they are golden brown.

The bill

Olive all’ascolana, meat-stuffed fried olives

  • 700 g of beef$13.35
  • 150 g of turkey (or chicken)$2.31
  • 1 carrot, 1 stalk of celery, 1 onion$0.08
  • 1/2 glass of white wine$0.37
  • 2 whole eggs for the filling$0.80
  • nutmeg$0.18
  • The zest of half a lemon, grated$0.28
  • Grated Parmesan cheese (in generous amounts)$1.66
  • salt and pepper$0.07
  • flour$0.35
  • 2 eggs, beaten$0.80
  • breadcrumbs$0.44
  • olive oil or seed oil for deep frying$1.47

Total$22.16

that's $2.22 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 60 large, green, pitted olives from Ascolane (in brine)
  • 700 g of beef
  • 150 g of pork
  • 150 g of turkey (or chicken)
  • 1 carrot, 1 stalk of celery, 1 onion
  • 1/2 glass of white wine
  • 2 whole eggs for the filling
  • nutmeg
  • The zest of half a lemon, grated
  • Grated Parmesan cheese (in generous amounts)
  • 1 tablespoon of butter
  • salt and pepper
  • flour
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • breadcrumbs
  • olive oil or seed oil for deep frying

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