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150g all-purpose flour
10g baking powder
1 large organic orange, zest and juice
2 tablespoons butter
50g sugar
1 organic egg
Sunflower oil,, to deep fry
icing sugar, to taste
This year, we are making a typical Italian treat for Carnival: Gnocchetti dolci all'arancia. These are small, fried snacks that taste like orange. They look a little bit like Dutch doughnuts, but mini and different > < What they really are is fun to make and very tasty. But watch out! The dough is very soft, so it is difficult to handle. Therefore, be generous, sprinkling flour on your workspace!
Here is how to make Gnocchetti dolci all'arancia
Stir flour and baking powder together.
Grate the zest of an organic orange.
Add the zest and egg to the flour mixture.
Stir it and add the butter as well.
Add the orange juice to the bowl.
Finally add the sugar.
Knead the mixture into a soft dough.
Poll pieces of dough into snakes.
Cit into pieces like cnocchi.
Peheat the oil to 180°C
Keep the pieces of dough at hand.
How to deep fry the Gnocchetti dolci all'arancia with a slotted spoon
Fry multiple pieces at the same time.
Let the gnocchi glide into the oil.
Fry until brown in minutes.
Turn and fry another minute.
Let the gnocchi' drain well on kitchen paper.
Sift icing sugar to taste over the Gnocchetti dolci all'arancia.
Buon Carnevale!