PIGNOLATTI (PINE CONE CLUSTERS) 
4 eggs
4 c. flour
4 c. peanut oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. honey
1/2 c. colored candied confetti
1 c. sugar

Place 2 cups of flour on board, break in eggs and add salt. Knead together gently. Slowly add enough flour to make dough easy to mold. When smooth, cut in half. Roll out dough on floured board about 1/4 inch thick. Cut into 1/4 inch wide strips. Roll each strip into about 12-inch lengths on floured board, the size of a small tube or rope.

Cut into tiny pieces about 1/4 inch in size. Roll each tiny bit of dough into the size of a round marble. Put on floured board to prevent sticking together. Heat oil in saucepan. When hot, gradually add some of the small round pieces of dough in the hot oil, stirring constantly with wooden spoon. They should brown in less than 2 minutes.

Remove with perforated spoon and place on absorbent paper towels. Continue until all pieces of dough are fried. Blend honey and sugar in deep saucepan, constantly stirring, for about 5 minutes over low heat.

When mixture is smooth, add all fried pieces to the mixture stirring with a wooden spoon. When all pieces are covered with honey mixture, remove quickly. Have 4 or 5 platters ready and place the pieces in each platter and mold into shape of a pine cone or cluster of grapes with a spoon. After form is shaped, sprinkle with colored sugar candied confetti. Let cool.

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