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- The following recipe came from Hungary with my grandmother around the turn
- of the century. One of the earliest memories from my childhood is watching
- my mother at the kitchen table rolling and cutting dough for this delight.
- The original recipe calls for deep frying in lard, but in the interest of
- keeping my arteries unblocked, I have experimented with various oils and
- shortenings in substitute. I have settled on Crisco, as hot as you can get
- it without smoking yourself out of the kitchen. The name, by the way,
- translates as "twisted doughnut". The dough is traditionally cut with a
- special pastry wheel which has a fluted edge.
-
- FORGOTCZ FANK
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- 2 lb. flour 1 Tb brandy
- 1 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 lb. butter or margerine 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3 eggs 2 to 3 lb. shortening
- 1 c. milk powdered sugar
-
- Cream the butter (margerine) and sugar. Add the eggs, milk, brandy, salt, and
- baking powder. Gradually add the flour until the dough is not sticky. Put
- dough on a board and knead in any remaining flour. Wrap in plastic wrap and
- allow the dough to rest for a few hours or overnight.... makes it MUCH easier
- to roll. Cut dough into small sections, covering all but the one you are
- working on. Roll dough out to 1/16" thickness. Cut out pieces about 3" to 4"
- long and about 1-1/2" wide. Make a slit about 1-1/2" long down the center of
- each piece and pull one end through the slit so that the sides twist. Deep fry
- about six pieces at a time until golden in color and drain on paper towels.
- Avoid the urge to speed things up by doing more at one time... you will only
- cool the shortening too fast and end up with a heavier, less crisp result.
- Sprinkle lavishly with powdered sugar when cool. Enjoy!
-
- By the way, the brandy is important for more than just flavoring. When the
- pieces of dough hit the hot shortening, the brandy vaporizes and forces its way
- out of the dough, preventing shortening from getting in, making for a much
- lighter result. As you can guess, this gets pretty frantic with only one
- person doing it; for best results, and more fun, work with a friend, one person
- rolling and cutting, the other person frying.
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