Do you know why you can never fry with extra virgin olive oil? The olives are not the problem: the mystery revealed.
Christmas is coming and we start frying without shame! The grandmothers are already ready with batters, breadings, fryers, pans and skimmers and can’t wait to get to work to delight us with soft, tasty, light fried foods to finish this year on a high note with a bit of joy and taste . If you love fried food and cook it often – and not only, perhaps, during the Christmas holidays – you will also know that it is never fried with olive oil and we tend to use other plant types.
But why this? Why do all recipes for fried dishes always indicate seed oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil or directly frying oil? The problem is not in the use of olives themselves, but in being extra virgin. This is in fact the characteristic that really must not exist when you want to fry well. But why? The mystery that will remove all Hamletic doubts has finally been revealed.
Have you ever wondered why you don’t fry with extra virgin olive oil? Here’s the real reason
If you are looking for an alternative and healthier way of frying and think that using extra virgin olive oil is the right solution, you are wrong and you are making a big mistake. Without a doubt, extra virgin olive oil is much higher quality and healthier for us, but there is a precise reason why it is not used for frying and instead other types are preferred such as seed, peanut, sunflower or fried. And olives have nothing to do with it.
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The problem, in fact, is extra virgin olive oil. This is the type of oil that should never be used, as agronomist Daniele Paci reminds us in a video published on his social channels, who as always informs consumers and directs them towards more conscious and healthy spending.
What does it mean that an oil is extra virgin? It means that it has an acidity of up to 0.8% which on the one hand makes it of superior quality, on the other hand it makes it terrible for frying. In order for an oil to fry well, it should have an acidity of less than 0.2%, a typical characteristic of other types of vegetable oil. You can therefore use olive oil, as long as it is not extra virgin.
However, many opt for different types also because they are cheaper, since large quantities are used for frying. The choice is yours, but with taste and intelligence!
