Chocolate carnival fritters, easy to make and really delicious, with a classic dough made with eggs, a little sugar, a little butter and liqueur, without yeast, flavored with vanilla and with fragrant liqueur, for these I used strega, but it can be replaced with any liqueur, and rest assured everyone can eat them, even children, the alcohol evaporates during cooking and leaves no trace. The recipe for chocolate carnival fritters is the usual one, you prepare the fritters according to the recipe and then once ready instead of sprinkling them with powdered sugar, you add the chocolate. I chose dark chocolate for these, but it can also be varied according to taste. We can increase or decrease the amount of chocolate according to taste.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Inexpensive
- Rest time: 10 Minutes
- Preparation time: 40 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Carnival
Ingredients for Chocolate Fritters
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 medium eggs
- 2 tbsps butter
- 3 tbsps sugar
- 2 tbsps liqueur
- to taste vanilla
- 7 oz dark chocolate
Tools to Prepare Chocolate Fritters
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Pasta Machine
- 1 Pastry Wheel
- 1 Frying Pan
Chocolate Carnival Fritters Preparation Steps
In a bowl, combine sugar and butter, work it a bit by hand, then add the flour to obtain a crumbly mixture, add eggs, vanilla, and liqueur and work to obtain a nice firm dough. Let it rest for a bit.
Prepare the necessary to roll out the dough. Use the pasta machine, or alternatively a rolling pin. Prepare a large, clean surface.
Divide the dough into at least 6 parts and roll one at a time in the pasta machine, starting with the rollers at maximum. At first, fold the dough several times to get a perfect sheet. If necessary, use a little flour. Then close the rollers one level at a time until the penultimate one and gradually thin the sheet. Use a little flour before passing it to the penultimate level, then place it on the surface.
With a pastry wheel, cut the fritters into the desired shape, usually rectangles.
Fry in plenty of hot seed oil, allow to brown on both sides and drain on absorbent paper.
Melt 200 g of dark chocolate in a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave, heating for a few seconds at a time. Once cool, place the fritters on a tray and drizzle with the melted chocolate. Keep in mind that with these quantities, you get at least 4 large trays. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles when the chocolate is still soft, and let cool without stacking.
When the chocolate hardens, if desired, you can add powdered sugar, but they are delicious even without it.
