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Friselle (ring Shaped Crisps)

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Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. 2/3 c Biga Pugliese or durum flour biga
  2. 1 3/4 c Warm water
  3. Cut
  4. 2 1/2 ts Salt
  5. 3 3/4 c Durum or wholewheat flour
  6. 1 1/4 ts Dried yeast
Contains Gluten Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Oven and hot trays. Use dry oven gloves for trays and dishes: a hot tray looks just like a cold one. Open the oven door away from your face and let the first rush of heat out.
  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Stir the yeast into 1/2 c warm water & let proof for 10 minutes. Stir in the rest of the water & the biga. Mix until the starter is broken up & well mixed. Add the salt & the flour, 1 c at a time, mixing until the dough comes together. Add more water if necessary to prevent the dough coming away from the bottom of the bowl. Knead on a very lightly floured board until the dough comes together. Set in an oiled bowl, cover with plastic wrap & let rise until doubled, about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours. Divide the dough into 10 equal pieces. Shape each one into a cylinder 8" long & as fat as a thumb by roling it on a lightly floured work surface with the palms of your hands. The dough will be springy & elastic. As you roll each one, cover the others. Set the rolls onto an oiled baking sheet & connect the ends, forming rings, about 4" in diameter. Pat the tops so they are level, cover with a towel & let rise until they are puffy & doubled, about 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400F. Bring a large pot of boiling water to a boil. Put the friselle, two or three at a time, into the boiling water. Turn them over to submerge both sides, but leave them for only 1 or 2 minutes in all. Remove carefully & drain on paper towels. Set the friselle on oiled baking sheets & bake for 20 minutes until golden & toasty. Remove from the oven, let them cool slightly & then cut in half horizontally. Set them cut side up on the baking sheets. Reduce the heat to 350F & return the friselle to the oven for 15 minutes, until crisp & crunchy. Use for bruschetta.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Large pot
  • Baking tray
  • Mixing bowl
  • Chef's knife
  • Wooden spoon
  • Spatula
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Credit

Saved from www.armchairpatriot.com (http://www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO%20RECIPES/Meal%20Master%20Recipes/25000.txt), file Recipes/www.armchairpatriot.com/COMBO RECIPES/Meal Master Recipes/25000.txt in the Internet Archive item cooking-recipes (https://archive.org/details/cooking-recipes).

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