Cenci (Fried Sweet Rags)
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 240 g flour
- 20 g butter
- 20 g powdered sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp grappa (acquavite)
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Make a firm dough, work it well, and rest it wrapped in a cloth.
- Roll thin, cut into strips, and slit them to fold or twist into shapes.
- Deep-fry in floating oil or lard and dust with icing sugar once cooled from the boil.