Since was in Aberdeen for the whole Carnevale thing, I missed out on all the yummy bigne fritti. Mummy kept taunting me (unintentionally, I'm sure), and I decided I was not going to miss the most amazing Carnevale treats. So, aided and abetted by one of my university friends, I decided to make some bigne fritti.
On Shrove Tuesday, after our first lecture, we went to my flat and started baking. I found a video recipe online and it was rather easy to follow.
First, we put butter, water, sugar and lemon zest into a pot and boiled it. Then we added flour. Then we let that cool. While it was cooling, we made the filling: milk, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla, and lemon. Once the dough was cool, we added eggs and mixed it into the weirdest slimy paste you have ever seen. After that, we deep fried the paste into what were supposed to be small bigne. They ended up a bit bigger than I expected, but it was fine.
After frying, I stuffed the bigne, and covered rolled them in sugar. All in all, I'm pretty proud of how they turned out for a first attempt.
Ciao,
On Shrove Tuesday, after our first lecture, we went to my flat and started baking. I found a video recipe online and it was rather easy to follow.
First, we put butter, water, sugar and lemon zest into a pot and boiled it. Then we added flour. Then we let that cool. While it was cooling, we made the filling: milk, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla, and lemon. Once the dough was cool, we added eggs and mixed it into the weirdest slimy paste you have ever seen. After that, we deep fried the paste into what were supposed to be small bigne. They ended up a bit bigger than I expected, but it was fine.
After frying, I stuffed the bigne, and covered rolled them in sugar. All in all, I'm pretty proud of how they turned out for a first attempt.
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| Just fried! |
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| All finished! |
Florence
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