Dishes of Festivities

Linda’s recipe

ingredients :
500g flour
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons sugar
50 grams of lard
A glass of cognac
A pinch of salt
White wine q.s.

Put on a pastry flour , sugar , eggs and egg yolk , lard , cognac , a pinch of salt and knead adding white wine until dough is smooth and elastic . Let the mixture stand .
Roll out the dough by means of the machine (or with a rolling pin ) , so as to obtain a sheet, not too thin thickness of 2 mm . The dough smooth and compact , with a wheel to cut scalloped , get the diamonds or stripes of different sizes .
Fry in peanut oil and heat , just golden , remove them from the oil. When cool sprinkle with powdered sugar .

ingredients :
350g flour
150 grams of sugar
2 eggs
A glass of liqueur ( anise , witch or rum )
3 tablespoons oil
A glass of milk
A squeezed lemon + zest
½ teaspoon of baking powder

Place all ingredients in a bowl and knead . Let the dough rest for 30 minutes . Shape into balls with the help of a spoon and fry in vegetable oil peanut hot . Just golden , remove them from the oil. Once cool sprinkle with powdered sugar or granulated .

They are sweet typical of the Christmas period because according to tradition reminiscent of bands that enveloped the Christ Child. The ingredients and the procedure are the same as purceddhuzzi , it changes the shape . The dough is rolled into thin sheets , cut with a toothed wheel into strips the width of about two centimeters . The strip , each 4-5 cm , is joined in half and wrapped on itself assuming the form of a rose .

Recipe Anna

Ingredients:
1 kg of flour
200 grams of olive oil
1 packet of yeast
Anisette
Lemon peel, tangerine, orange
Juice of one lemon, a tangerine, an orange
A pinch of salt
1 jar of honey
Colored sprinkles

Blend the olive oil with the lemon zest, orange and tangerine; when it gets warm pour the flour and knead with your hands. Add the dissolved yeast in warm water, anise, lemon juice, tangerine and orange peels and some of them grated, until the dough is soft. Knead in order to obtain sticks with a diameter of about 1 cm. Cut into pieces much smaller and let them rest; with the help of a rough surface, like that of a grater, you can also make the dumplings. Flavored olive oil with lemon peel, orange and mandarin and remove them after browning. Fry the purceddhuzzi gradually. Put into a pan several tablespoons of honey making it melt over low heat. Pour small amount of purceddhuzzi and stir to mix them; drain the excess honey and place in a dish. Repeat until all the purceddhuzzi. When placed in dishes sprinkle with colored sprinkles.

Ingredients:
1 kg of shelled almonds
1 kg of sugar
Quince jam or pear
Faldacchiera *
2 packets of vanilla

Grind the almonds with a little ‘sugar and place in a saucepan with the remaining sugar and a glass of water. Simmer, stirring constantly, until the dough comes away from the bottom of the pot. At the end of cooking, add the vanilla. When the dough is cold take the almond paste and work it, even with a rolling pin, to give the desired thickness. Roll it in the form of gypsum – fish or lamb – previously dusted with powdered sugar and fill with jam and faldacchiera. Cover with other almond paste and flip.

* It is a thick cream obtained with egg yolks and sugar (in proportion 1 yolk / 3 tablespoons sugar). To prepare you put the egg yolks and sugar in a pot, and working them long stirring constantly with a wooden spoon to get a cream that is cooking over low heat or water bath for about 30 minutes. Once cooled, add the liqueur, witch, and you work further.

Once they prepared on the eve of the Immaculate Conception and Christmas . It is fragrant and round pancakes .

ingredients :
1 kg of flour
1 packet of yeast
Salt q.s.
Warm water

Place in a bowl the flour with the yeast and knead with warm water . Work the dough vigorously until it detaches from the bottom . Let stand for at least two hours in a warm place , perhaps by wrapping the container in a cloth . When frying in hot oil make the dough with your left hand and rub off the fist ; take the right hand with a wet or wet spoon the mixture coming out of the thumb and put it in the oil . Pittule are cooked when they take on a golden color .
Put them in a pot covering them with sugar or honey

Once they prepared on the eve of the Immaculate Conception and Christmas . It is fragrant and round pancakes .

ingredients :
1 kg of flour
1 packet of yeast
Anchovies , capers , black olives , boiled cauliflower , boiled cod , tomato , onion
Salt q.s.
Warm water

Place in a bowl the flour with the yeast and ingredients that you prefer most and knead with warm water . Work the dough vigorously until it detaches from the bottom . Let stand for at least two hours in a warm place , perhaps by wrapping the container in a cloth . When frying in hot oil make the dough with your left hand and rub off the fist ; take the right hand with a wet or wet spoon the mixture coming out of the thumb and put it in the oil . Pittule are cooked when they take on a golden color .