Eat and drink Palermo in an air fryer

Here is the easy recipe for Palermo eats and drinks in the air fryer, spring onions rolled with bacon.

Palermo eats and drinks are a typical product of Sicilian gastronomy : it is a tasty and practical street food to eat. The recipe is very easy and can also be replicated at home, in just a few steps. The list of ingredients is very short, because only the two main ingredients are essential. To make this preparation, spring onions cannot be missing, which are wrapped with delicious and succulent, very thin slices of pork belly . Usually, this typical product is cooked on the grill, but making it at home with a lot of smoke is not always the best thing. An equally delicious but very practical variant is that of the recipe for Palermo eats and drinks in the air fryer. Cooking in this small appliance makes the spring onions crispy and the bacon equally succulent with its crust. Once ready, they should be flavored with salt and lemon, or if you prefer with aromatic herbs.

Preparing the recipe for Palermo eats and drinks in the air fryer

1. The first thing to do is carefully clean the spring onions. Then refine the outermost and hardest parts, even slightly cutting the shoots, i.e. the ends.
2. You can proceed by taking the bacon, placing it on a tray, dividing the slices.
3. At this point, take one spring onion at a time and wrap it with a slice of bacon ; start from the lower part to get to the upper part, trying not to leave spaces in the spiral.
4. Proceed in this way until all the ingredients are used up, gradually placing them on a tray.
5. Once done, you can proceed with cooking.
6. Place the eats and drinks in the air fryer basket, placing them far enough apart from each other.
7. Cook at 160°C for 15 minutes, turning them halfway through cooking. If they are not ready yet, switch to 180°C for another 5 minutes , turning them halfway through for even cooking.
8. Once finished, you can transfer them to a serving plate. Then, season them with salt and lemon juice, to taste, and if you want also some pepper.

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