Baby Jesus Pillows

Baby Jesus Pillows

INGREDIENTS

  • For the pasta you need:
    • 500 g of 00 flour;
    • A pinch of salt;
    • 50 g sugar;
    • 120 ml of extra virgin olive oil;
    • 200 ml of dry white wine.
    • For the filling:
    • 500 g of peeled and chopped almonds;
    • 250 g of sugar;
    • Grated zest of a large lemon or orange;
    • ½ teaspoon (scant) of cinnamon);
    • 25 g of water (oil of your choice and optional);
    • Sunflower or peanut oil for frying;
    • Powdered sugar for decoration

STEP

  1. Prepare a dough;
  2. Take a bowl, pour in the flour, the sugar, the pinch of salt, add the oil and start kneading with the white wine, hot but not boiling, until you obtain a nice smooth and elastic dough;
  3. Form a loaf, cover with a cotton cloth and leave to rest for 20 minutes;
  4. While the dough is resting, let’s prepare the filling:
  5. Pour and finely chop the peeled almonds into a food processor, then add the sugar, the grated lemon peel (or orange peel), the cinnamon and the water (or liqueur);
  6. Mix until all the ingredients are combined;
  7. Take the dough, break off pieces and gradually pass them through the rollers of the pasta machine (the nonna papera) positioning them first on the number 2 notch and then moving on to the penultimate notch;
  8. The resulting sheets must be thin, approximately 2 mm thick;
  9. Cut out strips about 10 cm wide and place the filling in the centre, using a spoon, leaving a space of about 5 cm between each ball of filling;
  10. Fold the strip of puff pastry over itself and use a fluted pastry wheel to cut out crescent-shaped panzerotti with hemmed edges;
  11. Fry in very hot oil for a few seconds on both sides until lightly golden;
  12. Drain them on a plate covered with a paper towel, let them cool completely before sprinkling them with plenty of icing sugar;
  13. If we want to “incilepparli” (wrap them) in cooked wine, take a not too large pan, pour in the cooked wine (if too thick, add a drop of water) and bring to the boil. After that, dip a few “Cuscinetti” at a time into the pan. Turn delicately so that they glaze well;
  14.  Heat the vincotto in a pan, diluting it with a drop of water if it is too thick and concentrated, then immerse the calzoncelli for a few minutes, turn them on both sides and place them in a container.

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