181. Frittelle di Tondone

Name: Frittelle di Tondone (Tondone Fritters)
Ingredients: 3 deciliters (about 1-¼ cups) of water; a pinch of salt; a dash of lemon zest; 250 grams (about 8-⅘ ounces) of flour; 6 eggs

Tondone Fritters

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

About

If you do not know what a tondone is, ask Stenterello,³⁶ as he eats it often and likes it very much.

Ingredients

250 grams (about 8-⅘ ounces) of flour
6 eggs

Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the flour with the water poured in a little at a time, and then salt. Put this mix into a skillet and fry it only with some butter, olive oil or lard. When it has firmed up on the bottom, use a dish to flip it over on the other side. Now you have a tondone.³⁷

Now pound it in a mortar with the lemon peel, softening with the eggs