E 'spent some' time since last post on these pages, but as already announced on "A mother and seven lakes, on Saturday, May 3rd we are" on air "in a small space Radio Padania Libera up with a recipe a week and so the opportunity is tempting to flesh out the blog! Here is the recipe that I made yesterday morning radio friends in the episode "zero" and I am pleased to share with you blog readers. This is Biscuits face or, better, smiles cakes suitable for a hearty breakfast or as a fun holiday snack. They are a variation on the theme of the eyes of an ox, a recipe which has become a classic pastry internationally but that has its roots in the traditional sweets of some Italian regions, including Sardinia and Trentino.
executed and quite simple: * prepare a pastry base with 500 g of flour (or two parts of flour and starch, potato starch or cornstarch frumina: flour on the market are already appropriately cut), 200 g refrigerator and pieces of cold butter, one egg, 175 g of sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla extract (or a dash of cold milk if the dough was a little 'duretta to work): whether you use the mixer or not, just formed the so-called "briciolame" the ball must be done as quickly as possible to avoid too much heat the dough, kneading, then it will split into two equal parts and one part will crush you in a tablespoon of cocoa powder. The two sides will put in refrigerator to harden for about an hour, protected by plastic wrap, and then we will draw the black part on lightly floured surface, about a half inches high, and they derive the rounds of about 5 cm in diameter , for it to cook for twenty minutes at 180 ° C preferably on pans lined with parchment paper.
The second sheet, the white one, will be drawn in the same way the first round and they derive many that will be pierced with the lid of a lip balm to make his eyes. It also eventually affect the smiles with a boxcutter (better to do that after already lying biscuits in the tin target because once carved are very fragile), and also bake them as the first. Once cooled, the cookies are coupled blacks and whites with the melted chocolate and let it dry for a few hours.
* The recipe for beef eye provides a finer and more buttery crust, and absolutely the presence of sugar. Losacco to Portia, dear lady of Bari, which I am inspired, virtuous art and decoration of sweets, I expected the doses indicated above except for butter, which increases to 250 g, and sugar, which reduces to 150 g (full veil).
