Carnival Fritters

History says that the Carnival Fritters (Chiacchiere in Italian meaning "small talks") where invented for Queen Margherita that wanted some small desserts to enjoy during her talks with her guests.

Now we eat the Carnival Fritters during the Carnival in Italy which correspond to the last Tuesday before the beginning of the Lent Period.

The fun part about the Carnival Fritters is that they can have your preferred shapes and they can be dip in chocolate or sprinkles as to remember the various colours that characterise the Carnival!

The recipe requires:

- 250 gr of Flour

- 25 gr of Sugar

- 25 gr of Butter

- White wine as needed

- 2 eggs

-0.5L frying oil

- Lemon Zest

- A pinch of Salt

- Icing Sugar

If you like to dip them in chocolate:

- 50 gr of chocolate (depending how many you`d like to dip)

- Sprinkles

Sift the flour and male a hole in the mountain of flour that you just made.

Pour 1 egg and 1 yolk. Melt the butter and pour it, add the sugar and a pinch of salt and 2 tsb of white wine. Zest a Lemon.

Knead the dough. Since the amount of liquid is not enough, keep adding white wine up until the dough is composed.

Cover the dough with cling film and let it rest for 30 min.

In the meantime pour frying oil in a pot.

Roll the dough this as a piece of sheet.

Cut the dough in different shapes as preferred (usually we tend to cut them as rectangles although you can do the shapes you like)

Fry the dough up until it has a golden colour.

Melt the chocolate using the microwave.

Dip the Carnival fritters in the melted chocolate and spread sprinkles on top.

Add icing sugar and Enjoy!

Eat in a max of 3 days and you can store them in a container with sealed lid.