Cenci or stracci

Ingredients for 4 people:

• 300 grs flour
• 50 grs butter
• 50 grs sugar
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 shot glass vinsanto
• 1 lemon
• olive oil
• salt
• icing sugar

Preparation:

Pour flour on a pastry board making a well in the center, adding sugar, grated lemon peel, eggs, butter (taken out of the fridge at least one hour before), one tbsp olive oil, a pinch of salt and vinsanto. Mix all these ingredients, until dough is homogeneous and let rest wrapped in a damp cloth.

Cover the pastry board with flour and roll out dough into a thin sheet (2-3mm) and cut into 5 cm wide lozenges. Deep fry the lozenges in boiling oil until they are well browned. Take off the saucepan and let drain in a bowl covered with blotting paper to drain out all the exceeding oil. Let cool down and sprinkle with icing sugar.

In una padella con abbondante olio bollente fate friggere i rombi ottenuti finché non saranno ben dorati. Toglieteli dalla padella e posateli in un recipiente rivestito di carta assorbente, per eliminare l’olio trattenuto. Fate raffreddare e servite spolverando con lo zucchero a velo.