also called chrustki, is one of the most popular carnival snacks. Magda Gessler herself shared the recipe. The restaurateur focuses on fresh ingredients that are responsible for the taste and crunchiness of these cookies. Rolling the dough and frying are also very important. Check out the best recipe for faworki.
Magda Gessler uses simple ingredients for faworki, which contribute to the crunchiness and beautiful, golden color of these cookies. So we combine lard, flour, egg yolks, sugar and cream. In addition to spirit, we add arak to the dough. Then the faworki will gain a hint of anise.
All ingredients should be coldbecause they will give a “sheeted” effect – during frying, the dough layers will start to form air bubbles and slight delamination will occur. Moreover, they will absorb much less fat.
As mentioned, rolling the dough is also important. You have to roll it really thin to make the faworki light and crispy.
Fry the sticks in deep, hot fat. If we throw them into cold lard, they will absorb it and lose their lightness and delicate structure. In turn, too high a temperature of the fat will cause them to burn from the outside, and we also want to avoid this. Therefore, it should be between 170 and 180 degrees Celsius.
Ingredients:
- 600 g of wheat flour;
- 500 g lard for frying;
- 200 g of sugar;
- 100 g of powdered sugar;
- 15 egg yolks;
- 6 tablespoons of cream;
- 2 tablespoons of lard;
- 2 tablespoons of spirit;
- 1 tablespoon of arak.
Preparation:
To make crisps according to Magda Gessler’s recipe, first grind the lard until it reaches the consistency of cream.. Then add sifted wheat flour, egg yolks, sugar, cream, spirit and arak.
In the next step, we roll the dough into a thin cake and cut out strips 15 cm long and 3 cm wide. We cut it in the middle, pulling one end through the other, thus creating a characteristic bow.
Heat the lard in a pot and fry the cookies in it until golden brown. In the meantime, turn them with a skewer.
Place the finished faworki on a plate lined with a paper towel. After they cool down, sprinkle them with powdered sugar.
