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Crescentina

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NameCrescentina
CategoryThe Bakery, Quick meals, European, Italian
Serves/Yields4
SourceGuido's Papa
DifficultyEasy
Prep. Time15 min
Cook Time6/7 min
Introduction
The tradition of fried bread is a Lombard legacy that springs from the abundance of lard in their diet and the use of the frying pan. In fact, the traditional ancient recipe call for deep frying in hot lard, but nowadays it's often substituted with olive oil. Gnocco fritto, crescentina and torta fritta are peasant recipes with an ancient tradition. Some local gourmands claim that since the product is not fermented, it is more appropriate than bread when serving other fermented product such as salami, ham and cheese.

Kate's note: On my recent trip to Italy Papa made these for dinner. Folded over paper thin slices of mortedella, salami and cheese they are heaven.
Ingredients

1 pound Unbleached all_purpose_flour
3.5 oz lard
1 tsp baking_powder or sodium bicarbonate
Pinch of sea_salt
Oilve_oil for frying
Water at room temperature

Note: Vegetable shortening could be used instead of the lard , but Guido says that the color and taste will be quite different.

Directions
Step: 1Knead flour, water, lard, a pinch of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and a pinch of salt together.to make a soft dough. Cover dough and let it to rest in a warm place for about one hour.
Step: 2The dough is then flattened into a thin layer with a rolling pin, cut into 4" - 5" pieces and pricked with a fork ( Papa used his pasta machine to roll the dough out) Next it is fried in abundant oive oil, until golden brown, then drained on absorbent paper and served immediately. They are usually accompained by stracchino ( very soft and creamy cheese), sweet gorogonzola , salami, prosciutto, pancetta and guanciale. Lambrusco di Sorbara, Bonarda or Guturnio are the perfect wines.

Time submitted: Friday, December 02. 2005 at 11:11:48
Contributed By: guido

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