[She steps up with her entry, placing down a tray with three separate plates on top.]
Uh-hi! So I saw the theme this morning and thought this would be a good dessert to make. They’re called Cassate- er just call them Trapani-style Fried Crescents...
[She pauses, playing with the material of her dress before continuing.] Anyways, the filling is typically just a mixture of ricotta, sugar, vanilla, chocolate chips and a bit of cinnamon, But for today, I used a recipe my mom did a little tweaking to, giving the filling a bit of a coffee flavoring to it...and with the chocolate chips, i suppose it makes it more a long the lines of a Caffè Mocha filling.
So...I started with the dough, mixing together flour, sugar, extra virgin olive oil, white wine, Marsala, a pinch of salt, and just enough water to get a nice, smooth texture with the dough. Once kneaded, i made it into a ball and set it aside in some plastic wrap to sit for an hour.
Next, I started on the filling by first grinding my coffee beans into a fine, espresso powder. Next, I mixed the powder together with the ricotta, some sugar, and a bit of vanilla until the sugar dissolved. I then added the chocolate chips into the mix as well.
With the filling done, it came time to put it together. I rolled the dough out and cut them into little circles, about 4 and a half inches in diameter, while keeping the dough itself a bit thin. But not too thin, or it’ll all come out when cooking, y’know?
I put a generous tablespoon of filing in the middle of the dough circles, put a bit of water on the edges and folded the circle in half. With a fork, I pressed into the seams to crimp the edges.
In a frying pan, I heated up some vegetable oil and fried them until they were brown on each side. I set them on paper towels to absorb the extra oil, and immediately came here with them to dust with powdered sugar and to serve warm.
[Smiles] So yeah...that’s it. Uh- enjoy!
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