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Carnaval Tortitas

Name: Carnaval Tortitas
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cup wheat flour; 7 tablespoons sugar; Zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 cup milk; 1 pinch anise seeds; Vegetable oil for frying

Prep 15 min
Total 20 min
Ingredients 7
Servings 8

As you can tell by their name, these carnaval tortitas are traditional during that time of the year in which people take their costumes out and everything turns into a party for carnaval. This recipe comes from the Canary Islands and everyone loves them. They’re golden on the outside and soft inside, and the anise flavor makes them irresistible so they’re simply delicious!

Ingredients

3 eggs
1 1/2 cup wheat flour
7 tablespoons sugar
Zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup milk
1 pinch anise seeds
Vegetable oil for frying

Directions

1

Mix the eggs with flour, sugar, lemon zest, milk, and anise. You can mix them by hand or you can use a blender or mixer.
2

Heat up some oil in a pan.
3

Add two tablespoons of mixture for every tortita once the oil is hot.
4

Turn the tortitas carefully once they’re golden brown.
5

Remove the tortitas from the heat once they’re golden brown and put them on absorbent paper.
6

Sprinkle some sugar or honey on them.