Pastercia Fiorentina

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• vegetable oil or shortening, for deep frying
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 tablespoons rum
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 place 2 cups of the flour in a large bowl, make a well in the center and add the eggs, egg yolks, rum and 1 tablespoon confectionery sugar and salt.
• 2 using your hand or a fork, mix well until all the flour has been gathered into a ball.
• 3 sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup of flour on a board and knead for 10 minutes until the extra flour is worked into the dough and becomes smooth and shiny.
• 4 regrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• 5 heat 3 inches of oil or shortening to 350 degrees.
• 6 roll out 1/4th of the dough at-a-time.
• 7 roll out dough paper thin and cut with a pastry wheel or sharp knife into strips about 6 inches long and 1/2 inch wide.
• 8 tie the strips into loose knots and fry until gollden brown.
• 9 repeat until all dough is used.
• 10 sprinkle with confectionery sugar (or honey, if you prefer).