Pestiños

  • Prep 45 min
  • Total 1 hr 30 min
  • Ingredients 7
  • Servings 70

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of olive oil (to make the pestiño dough)
  • 1 cup of olive oil (to fry the pestiño dough)
  • 1 lemon or orange rind
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 oz of white wine
  • 2 oz of anisette
  • 1 cup of honey

Directions

  • 1
    Oil for the dough: Begin by heating the 1/2 cup of olive oil over a medium heat. When the oil is hot, lower the heat and add the lemon rind. Remove the rind when it begins to turn light brown.
  • 2
    Preparing the dough: Combine flour with oil in which you cooked the lemon rind, white wine and anisette. Mix; knead it until it becomes a round dough ball. If it is too sticky, add a little more flour. Let the dough ball rest in bowl for 1/2 hour.
  • 3
    When the dough has rested, roll it out on a flat, floured surface. The width of the dough should be 1/4 inch. Cut the dough into long rectangular strips. You can roll the strips, fold each end in toward the middle or fry them flat. For this recipe I rolled them up.
  • 4
    Begin heating the frying oil in large frying pan. When oil starts to boil, lower the flame to avoid burning the pestiños. Start adding the pestiños one at a time, carefully, making sure not to crowd the frying pan. Take them out, one at a time, when pestiños become golden brown. Place on a plate with paper towels to remove any excess oil.
  • 5
    Drizzle the pestiños with the honey, and let them sit about 30 minutes before serving them.

  • You can use other oils to make the pestiños, but what’s the point? Remember, they come from the land of olive trees!
  • You can substitute the honey with simple syrup, if you like. You make the simple syrup by boiling equal parts sugar and water. To give it a little extra flavor, add a teaspoon of anisette or aguardiente.
  • Pestiños can also be sprinkled with powdered sugar or cinnamon.
  • You can have pestiños with coffee, but try them with anisette or jerez (sherry). Try to find a good Spanish anís… It´s worth the effort!

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