Zagareliai II
Recipe Description
Zagareliai are delicate pastry dough cookies, deep fried in fat.Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp liquor|alcohol spirits
- Knead ingredients together.
- Beat dough with a rolling pin, folding the dough towards the center until blisters begin to form on dough.
- Cool dough to set.
- Roll ? inch thick.
- Using a pastry cutting wheel, cut into 4" to 5" long and 1" wide strips.
- Make a slit lengthwise in the center of each strip and slip one end of the strip through this slit.
- Bring fat to a boil in a shallow, wide pot.
- Remove from heat and add one Tbsp whiskey or a few slices of raw potato to prevent pastry strips from burning. The fat will bubble up with this addition.
- Wait until bubbling action stops, then put back on heat and bring to a boil.
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