Рецепт Taralli Pugliesi; Ain't I the Italian Babe!
I'm a baking Bread Baking Babe this month!
First - I had / could get all the ingredients.
Second - they were so cute
Third - how could I pass up a chance to be Italian!
These wonderful little gems are brought to you courtesy of Ilva, of Lucullian Delights is our host kitchen this month. Visit her blog for gorgeous photos, the proper recipe and the story behind these tasty treats.
Now I have to confess...
As usual, I decided to make them, skimmed the recipe, noted that I had all the ingredients, and promptly put it out of my mind.
As I was standing in the open doorway one morning, at 3 am, temperature just below freezing (that's -2C, 28F), in my robe, watching my old dog pee, for the second time since we went to bed.....
It occurred to me that I was going to have a difficult time finding a pan big enough to boil 25 inch circles of dough.
And why would anyone want them that big anyway?!?!
Went back to bed and promptly forgot about it again.
My first quick perusal got one thing right: I had quickly calculated how long it would take me (usually grossly underestimated) and worked backward from dinner to get my starting time.
I got one thing wrong, thankfully. Apparently I did a math reversal, and, instead of seeing 10cm and thinking 2.5 inches I thought 25 inches.
Those little decimal points can be so tricky, sometimes....
Trust me, 2 1/2 inches is much more reasonable.
I cut the recipe in half, as we are only two.
Taralli Pugliesi...
Adapted from Anna Maria Gostti Della Salda's monumental food bible Le ricette regionali italiane.
- 500gr (1.1lbs) all purpose flour
- 100gr (3.5oz) olive oil
- 1/4 cup warm water
- 30gr (1oz) fennel seeds
- 2 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 egg
- sea salt
Proof the yeast in 2 tbs warm water (45C, 110F).
Whisk egg, olive oil and yeast water together.
Add flour, fennel seeds and salt, stir well to combine, then tip out onto a board or counter. Lightly knead the dough, adding small amounts of warm water until you have a firm but pliable dough.
Let it rest a minute wile you line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cut off a smallish chunk of dough and, using both hands, roll into strips that are about as thick as your little finger, then cut into 10-12cm/ 2-2,5 in lengths. Pinch the ends together to make a circle.
Put the taralli on the parchment paper, cover with a towel and let them rest about 20 minutes.
Bring a pot of water to boil.
When the Taralli are well rested, drop 3 or 4 at a time into the simmering water. When they surface, lift them out with a slotted spoon and lay them on a rack for a minute or two.
Put them back on the parchment paper lined baking sheets and bake 200C (400F) for about 20 minutes, until golden brown. Remove, sprinkle with sea salt and eat.
I loved these.
And I loved them the next day.... Crispy, slightly chewy, with the taste of fennel and olive oil.
They were very moorish.....
Check out the rest of the Babes for their Taralli (And I'll do the recap tomorrow)
The Bread Baking Babes
Bake My Day - Karen
blog from OUR kitchen - Elizabeth
Canela and Comino - Gretchen
Cookie Baker Lynn - Lynn
Feeding My Enthusiasms - Elle
Grain Doe - Gorel
I Like To Cook - Sara
Living in the Kitchen with Puppies - Natashya
Living on bread and water - Monique
Lucullian Delights - Ilva
My Kitchen In Half Cups - Tanna
Notitie Van Lien - Lien
Paulchens FoodBlog - Astrid
The Sour Dough - Breadchick Mary
Wild Yeast - Susan
Ah, it's fun to be back in the panties again.....