Fried Tortelli
the recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kg Cakes and Fried Pastries Flour
- 100 g Butter
- 200 g Sugar
- 380 g Eggs
- 10 g Salt
- 6 g Baking powder
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 lemon zest and 1 orange
- 30 g 70 degrees Rum
- 60 g Marsala/ 70 degrees orange liqueur
Directions
- Knead flour, baking powder, eggs, softened butter, flavorings, salt, and sugar.
- Work the dough until smooth and homogeneous, then incorporate the alcohols (or liqueurs). The result will be a firm, slightly rough dough.
- oll out the dough using a pasta sheeter, giving it three three-folds to strengthen the gluten network and make it smooth and uniform.
- Let it rest in the refrigerator for 24 hours, covered with plastic wrap.
- Cut a portion of the dough and roll it out to 0.4mm thickness using the pasta sheeter.
- Lay it flat on the work surface and lightly toss it to relax the dough and prevent shrinkage after cutting.
- Cut into 7x7cm squares using a multi-cutter, then fill each with cooked pastry cream or jam.
- Lightly spray the dough surface with water, fold each square into a triangle, and shape them into tortelloni.
- Flash-freeze in a blast chiller: this prevents them from opening during frying and keeps the filling inside.
- Fry at 180°C directly from frozen until golden brown.
- Drain and blot excess oil with paper towels.
- Once cooled, dust with vanilla powdered sugar.