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LE CRESPELLE Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
flour
yeast
salt
water (as needed to obtain a soft consistent dough)
sugar for sprinkling
Directions:
Directions:
make a batter using flour, yeast, water. The dough should not be as hard as pizza dough but more dense than pancake batter.

beat the batter with your hands to make it smooth and elastic.

Let the batter rise to double in a warm dry place.

In a deep skillet, warm oil and start putting pieces of batter formed stretched out and made a hole in the middle to resemble a donut.

Fry a few at a time until golden, take them out and sprikle sugar on both sides. Set aside.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
more than a dozen crespellle
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
time to make batter, let it rise and cook, about one hour and half.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
These fried dumplings/donuts, are made in a variety of ways throughout Italy. In the Abruzzo/Lazio area, the dough is fried and sprinkled with regular sugar.

 

 

 

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