Chatchigorris Torta (Pork Crackling Cake)
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- pork cracklings
- 1/2 kilo bread dough
- 5 spoonfuls lard
- 2 eggs
- 10 soup-spoonfuls sugar
- ground cinnamon
- flour
- lard
- sugar and cinnamon
Instructions
- Chop very fine the chatchigorris left from rendering nine *libras* (an old Spanish pound) of lard, and work them together with half a kilo of bread dough, five spoonfuls of lard, two eggs, ten soup-spoonfuls of sugar and ten céntimos' worth of ground cinnamon.
- Mix and knead everything in a slightly warmed casserole so the fat softens, then add flour until the dough can be handled on the table without sticking to your hands.
- Shape the tortas, set them on papers greased with lard, dust the tops lightly with sugar and cinnamon, and put them in the oven.