Cenci


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Ingredients

300 grams flour
2 eggs
100 grams sugar
3 tablespoons olive oil
powdered sugar
oil, for frying

Preparation

1
Add oil and sugar to the eggs after they’ve been beaten. Add Flour. Stir well in order to thoroughly mix the ingredients; work the dough until it becomes very soft and smooth. Roll it out so that the dough is a few millimeters thick.
2
With a pastry wheel, cut the dough into long, narrow rectangles. Heat the oil in a frying pan and when it’s hot, add the rectangles of dough.
3
When they puff up and become golden brown, drain them on paper towels to absorb any excess oil. Finally, sprinkle them with powdered sugar and enjoy!

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Cenci are typical sweets that are often prepared throughout Tuscany during Carnival, especially on jeudi gras, in the past cenci were called “gloves” because they were shaped like gloves.......read on @ http://ow.ly/WT0C

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Dessert
pastry
Italian

Yield:

6.0

Added:

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 2:51am

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