Carnival Knots

Name: Carnival Knots (Sfrappe di Carnivale)
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 4 eggs whisked with 4 tablespoons of sugar; 4 tablespoons virgin olive oil; 500 g/1 lb 2 oz plain white flour; ½ measure rum; ½ glass milk; finely grated rind of 1 lemon; ½ measure anisette; a drop or two of vanilla essence

Sfrappe di Carnivale

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

About

During our early years at The Walnut Tree we used to celebrate carnivale, the days leading up to Lent. All our staff wore Italian regional costumes and we cooked regional Italian dishes. The dining room, bistro and bar were festooned with brightly coloured paper garlands and one of the local Italian farmers played his accordian.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb 2 oz plain white flour
4

Europe
Italy
Marche
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Lent

Method

Add the eggs and sugar to the flour. Add the virgin olive oil, milk, rum, anisette and vanilla essence. Add the lemon rind. Make a pastry dough and roll out 2–3 mm thick. Cut into ribbon strips 2 cm/