Le tagliatelle dolci sono da sempre uno dei miei dolci preferiti del periodo di carnevale: le ho sempre trovate già pronte ai banchi del supermercato, dal fornaio o in pasticceria ma non le ho mai preparate non solo perché a casa mia siamo molto più abituati a fare fiocchetti e castagnole, ma anche perché ho sempre pensato che fossero difficili da preparare.
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Sweet “tagliatelle” are one of my favorite carnival candies. The name “tagliatelle” comes from the way they’re prepared, as they’re rolled up in the typical format of the Italian hand-made pasta. I never made them myself: I used to buy them at the supermarket or even better at bakeries and pastry shops first because we are much more used to prepare other types of carnival sweets, like “fiocchetti” and “castagnole”, and secondly because I’ve always been convinced that they were a bit difficult to prepare. I was reading a friend’s food blog some days ago when contrary to what I thought I realized that getting them home made is not that complicated, so I decided to try by myself.
Ingredients are very simple:
- 2 eggs (1 + 1 yolk)
- 250 gr flour
- 20 gr butter
- 10 gr sugar
- a touch of salt
- sugar and orange zest for filling
- mixed seed oil to fry
- powdered sugar
I followed Chicchi’s post to the letter: I mixed the flour with eggs, butter at room temperature, sugar, and salt. I didn’t add any rum simply because I didn’t have it home, but Chicchi suggests to add a tablespoon of rum in as well. I added two tablespoons of soy milk instead. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes, covered, then roll it out with a rolling pin until getting it 2 millimetres thick. Fill the pastry with sugar and orange zest, roll it and let it rest for another 30 minutes.
I followed one of Cristina Parodi’s suggestions (the presenter of a food tv show) and got the zelt grating an orange on a grater previously covered with aluminium foil: it is much easier to retrieve the zelt actually.Put plenty of oil in a pan to heat and fry your “tagliatelle” after cutting the rolls into slices of 1,5 millimetres. Let them fry for a while until they’re golden, then drain them on paper towels and sprinkle them with powdered sugar once cooled. There was no powdered sugar in my pantry, so I made it myself grating some sugar cubes in the mixer. It took about 15 minutes to fry all slices, and even less to eat them all! Given how easy it’s to make them, I’ll surely make sweet “tagliatelle” again. There is time until February 21, so let’s cook candies!