Bugie di Carnevale

Ingredients

  • 500 g. flour
  • 50 g. sugar
  • 50 g. butter, melted
  • 1 egg and 1 egg yolk
  • a little dash of dry white wine of good quality (2-3 T.)
  • grated zest of one lemon
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 T. vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • Vegetable oil for frying (free of impurities with a neutral taste)

Preparation

Step 1

Mix the flour with the egg, egg yolk and melted butter that is slightly cooled, sugar, baking powder,lemon zest, salt, oil and white wine as needed to obtain a firm but elastic dough. Cover in plastic wrap and let rest for 1/2 hour.

Put through a pasta machine, biggest setting first, then smaller until you have a thickness of 2 / 3 mm.
(This can also be done with a rolling pin by hand)

Cut the dough into different shapes (normally diamonds) using a rolling cutting wheel or knife.

Fry the Bugie in very hot oil or lard in a high sided pan so that fat can have a good depth.

Fry a few at a time, until they turn lightly golden.

Spoon out with a slotted spoon and put them on a tray with paper towels to drain the fat.

When the Bugie are cool, sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy it.