Angel’s Wings

Name: Angel’s Wings (Chrusty)
Cuisine: Polish
Ingredients: 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened; 50 g/2 oz/¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 3 egg yolks, plus 1 whole egg; 3 egg yolks, plus 1 whole egg; 250 g/9 oz/2¼ cups plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 2.5 ml/½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup sour cream; pinch of salt; 30 ml/2 tbsp clear honey; 45 ml/3 tbsp 95 per cent proof Polish spirit or vodka, or rum; 45 ml/3 tbsp 95 per cent proof Polish spirit or vodka, or rum; 45 ml/3 tbsp 95 per cent proof Polish spirit or vodka, or rum; 15 ml/1 tbsp vinegar; vegetable oil, for deep-frying; icing (confectioner’s) sugar, for dusting

Chrusty

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Poland

By Ewa Michalik

Published 2008

About

This Old Polish recipe for deep-fried pastry strips dusted with sugar is traditionally made on Fat Thursday, the last Thursday before Lent, and at carnivals.

Ingredients

50 g/2 oz/¼ cup butter, softened
50

Europe
Poland
Pie
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl.
Add the eggs, flour, bicarbonate of soda, sour cream, salt, honey, Polish spirit, vodka or rum, and the vinegar.
Beat to combine thoroughly and to form a smooth dough.
Transfer the dou