This is a sort of Italian bread that is deep fried and usually served with Parma Ham or Coppa di Parma.
Ingredients : (Enough for about 50 pieces)
500g of white Strong flour
2 Teaspoon of yeast
1 Teaspoon of Sugar for the yeast
2 teaspoon of Salt
70g of LARD.(this is the important part, not butter but LARD). If you buy 3 pots of 190g of Iberico Lard. You get 500g for the frying and 70g for the dough.
180ml of luke warm water.
Plenty of Olive Oil.
Make a froth with Yeast, sugar and a bit of water.
Then add all ingredients and make a dough
Knead until you have a nice ball of dough (5 minutes)
Make into a ball, cut a cross on the top, cover with cling film and set to rest for at least an hour
Take out of bowl and roll into a square sheet or 3mm thick max.
cut into diamond shaped rectangles
deep fry in LARD (500g is good) or Olive Oil in a deep side pan.
fry on both sides until nice a golden ,put aside on towel paper.
Eat soon….
