Name: Chatter Carnival
Prep time: 50M
Cook time: 20M
Total time: 70M

Preparation time: 50 60-minute
Cooking time: 20 minutes
difficulty: low

How to prepare Carnival chiacchiere

Also known as frappe in Emilia, lattughe in Lombardy, bugie in Piedmont, cròstoli in Trentino and galani in Veneto, Chiacchiere are a typical dessert of Carnival, much loved by children. Crumbly and tasty, thanks also to the addition of icing sugar, they can be either fried or baked.

Fried

To prepare crumbly Chiacchiere, the secret is to add 30 ml of sweet sparkling wine or rum to thedough.

Ingredients

300 grams of flour
60 grams of sugar
50 g butter
2 eggs
30 ml of sweet sparkling wine
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 teaspoons of yeast
A pinch of salt
Powdered sugar (as needed)
Sunflower oil for frying (alternatively, you can cook the chiacchiere in the oven)

Preparation

Grate the zest of orange and lemon.
Pour into a bowl, the flour, yeast, sugar, and grated citrus zest. Add a pinch of salt and arrange the mixture in a fountain shape. Then add the eggs, the softened butter cut into small pieces, and the sparkling wine (or rum).
Mix all the ingredients well until you obtain a smooth and homogeneous dough and then place everything in the refrigerator for at least 15 minutes.
After this time, roll out the dough with a rolling pin until it's thin enough and, using a pastry cutter, cut out strips about 3-10 cm wide. Using the pastry cutter, also make a cut in the center of each Chiacchiera.
Fill a pan with sunflower oil, heat the oil and then fry the Chiacchiere made in property until they start to swell and turn a nice amber color.

Baked

Line a baking tray with baking paper, arrange the chiacchiere, spacing them apart, and bake at 180°C for 15-20 minutes.

Homemade Carnival Chiacchiere

How to prepare Carnival chiacchiere

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