What are Italian Carnival chiacchiere?
They’re called. chatter in Lombardy fries and snags in Emilia Romagna cenci or donzelle in Tuscany crostoli or galani in Trentino and Veneto.
It is a very thin and friable kind of dessert that is generally fried and sprinkled with icing sugar and served with the famous cream chocolate, or covered with melted chocolate.
How to make crisp, bubbly chiacchiere
With these doses you will get about 50 Big and boiled chatter!
- 600 of type 00 flour
- 120 g of soured sugar
- 4 whole eggs
- 100 gr butter
- 1 glass of Marsala liquor (secret of the pastry 8 drops the aroma croissant )
- lemon zest
- half a teaspoon baking powder
Preparing the chiacchiere dough
- On a worktop form a fountain with flour then add the egg to the center softened butter it sugar the pinch of salt, Marsala or aroma, lemon zest grated and baking powder.
- After obtaining a smooth dough, put it to rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes.
If you don’t want to fry or want to keep you lighter, why not try the chatter baked Carnival?
How to shape chiacchiere
- They have the form of a strip, sometimes manipulated to form a knot ( hence the name of the sticks) or still cut into rectangles with holes in the center.
- Divide the strands into rectangles of 10 cm long and 6 cm wide, using the cutter wheel. Practice two internal engravings for the length of the rectangle of dough.
How to fry chiacchiere and create bubbles
- Heat a liter about seed oil in a pan with high edges and when the oil has reached the temperature of 165° you can verify it with a kitchen thermometer or as indicated in the description of the recipe fry the chatter 1 or 2 at a time.
- In a pan pour the oil of seeds and when it will be hot fry the chatter a few times and with the help of a foam, cook them on both sides until they reach the gilding.
The chatter is used to sprinkle sugar or veiled sugar semolate according to tastes.
How to store Carnival chiacchiere
The chatter, crostols or galans last a few days, important to leave them in a bag of bread paper, which keeps them dry and fresh.
Chiacchiere with a Thermomix
If you have the bimby proceed with the same recipe, inserting in the mouth all the ingredients together and mixing for 1 minute at speed 4 and then spiga.
Always keep the recipe photographed with you!
Cocoa chiacchiere
To prepare chocolate galans you can replace 100 gr of flour with 100 gr of strictly bitter cocoa.
If you want to see how the chat is prepared, follow the video recipe Here.
