Fried Dough Ribbons

Difficulty:
1/5

Ease of Preparation: Medium
Yield: 8 servings


 

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups (960 ml) flour
  • ¾ teaspoon (4 ml) salt
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) fast-acting yeast
  • ½ teaspoon (2.5 ml) dried thyme
  • 1 cup (240 ml) warm water
  • 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
  • 1 ½ tablespoons (22.5 ml) lemon zest
  • Olive oil, for frying
To Serve:
  • Sugar mixed with cinnamon for dusting
  • Honey, for drizzling

 


 

Method:

Sift together flour, salt, yeast and dried thyme in a large bowl.

Add the water, olive oil and lemon zest and mix together with your hands.

Knead dough until is soft and elastic.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave to rise until double in size, about an hour.

When dough is ready, lightly flour a flat surface.

Rub some olive oil on your hands.

Break off pieces of the dough and then roll them out into long, ribbon-like shapes.

Create a variety of shapes with your dough ribbons (braids, coils, pretzels, etc.)

Heat a few inches of olive oil in a large, deep frying pan.

Working in batches so as to not overcrowd the pan, carefully add dough shapes.

Cook for a few minutes, or until golden brown.

Remove dough with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel lined plate to absorb excess oil.

While still warm, transfer to a plate and sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture or honey, whichever you prefer.

Repeat until all the dough has been fried and dusted or drizzled.

Serve.