Sgabei

Name: Sgabei
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: garlic butter, chilli oil or sweet chilli sauce; garlic butter, chilli oil or sweet chilli sauce; sea salt; garlic butter, chilli oil or sweet chilli sauce; olive or sunflower oil, for deep-frying; olive or sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 450 g Ballymaloe Cookery School white yeast loaf dough; prosciutto

Preparation info

Makes
30–32

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ballymaloe Bread Book

By Darina Allen

Published 2023

About

These deep-fried breadsticks, a traditional recipe from the Lunigiana area of Italy, are completely addictive and utterly irresistible.

Ingredients

450 g Ballymaloe Cookery School white yeast loaf dough
olive or sunflower oil, for deep-frying
sea salt

Europe
Ireland
Italy
Snack

Method

Make the dough as per the recipe. When the dough has been knocked back, allow it to rest for 5–10 minutes, covered.

Heat the oil in a deep-fryer to 190°C/375°F.

Pull off 7g pieces of the dough and roll into thin breadsticks with your fing