Crostoli

sabrina.cuerden
sabrina.cuerden @cook_3793988
Johannesburg, Gauteng

Light and fluffy traditional sweet treats especially for Carnival.

Crostoli

Light and fluffy traditional sweet treats especially for Carnival.

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Ingredients

1 hour 20 mins
6 servings
  1. 50 gramsbutter
  2. 40 gramssugar
  3. 1 tbspmilk
  4. 1 pinchsalt
  5. 250 gramsflour
  6. 1egg
  7. 1egg yolk
  8. 2 tbsprum
  9. 1/2lemon
  10. 1icing sugar
  11. 1oil

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 20 mins
  1. 1

    Liquify the butter.

  2. 2

    Add the sugar, salt and a tablespoon of milk to the butter and mix the lot.

  3. 3

    Heap the flour on the counter, make a hole in the heap and pour the butter mixed with the other ingredients, the egg, the egg yolk, the rum and the juice and grated rind of half a lemon.

  4. 4

    Work the dough for about half an hour. Add a little milk if necessary to keep the dough soft.

  5. 5

    Roll out the dough very thinly.

  6. 6

    Cut the dough into whatever shapes you want (strips, rectangles, triangles...)

  7. 7

    Fry the dough shapes and dust with icing sugar.

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I like simple dishes that are quick and tasty. I also tend to prefer one pot cooking, so there is less to wash!!My mother is Italian, my father is French and I live in South Africa, my meals are never predictable ;-)
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