Nana's Pepper Cookies tarralli |
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Prep Time: 120 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 160 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Tarralli are the traditional Italian black pepper cookies that are usually served with a glass of wine for dunking. Although tarralli are called cookies, they are really more like a hard biscuit or dry bread stick. Cooking time includes boiling and baking times. Ingredients:
1 cup dry white wine |
2 teaspoons dry yeast |
2 cups semolina flour |
3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour |
1/2 cup olive oil (extra virgin is best) |
1 teaspoon salt |
1 tablespoon crushed black peppercorns |
Directions:
1. In a small pan, heat the oil until just warm to the touch (maybe 70-80°F), and set aside.
2. In a small pan, heat wine until very warm to the touch (about 100°F).
3. Sprinkle yeast over the warm wine and let sit for several minutes until it softens; then stir to mix.
4. In a large bowl, add all the other ingredients, including the warm oil.
5. Add the wine/yeast mixture to the bowl.
6. Use your hands to mix everything well, until a dough is formed.
7. Turn dough out onto an unfloured board; knead the dough until smooth and elastic.
8. Place dough in a clean, dry bowl.
9. Cover the dough with a clean, damp, kitchen towel (not terry cloth), and let rise for about 30 to 60 minutes in a warm place.
10. Cut the dough into small pieces.
11. Roll each piece into a long, thin, rope (about the thickness of your little finger).
12. Cut the rolled ropes of dough into 4-inch long pieces and join the two ends of each piece together so that it forms a round, doughnut like shape.
13. Continue the rolling and shaping with all the remaining dough.
14. Heat oven to 350-375°F Fill a pot with water, and bring to a rolling boil.
15. Drop the shaped dough into the boiling water (a few at a time).
16. When the taralli come to the surface, remove them with a slotted spoon, and place them on a clean kitchen towel (not terry cloth) to dry.
17. When all the taralli have been boiled and dried, place them on a cookie sheet and bake them for about 15-20 minutes, or until crisp and golden brown.
18. Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a rack.
19. When cool, serve with a glass of wine for dunking.
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