Christmas panzerotti

 



Christmas panzerotti are  typical dessert of the Lucanian and Bernaldese tradition. they are prepared with a delicious cinnamon pastry and a filling of dried fruit, raisins, and boiled chickpeas ... I assure you that these sweet panzerotti are a real delight  Usually  they prepare for Christmas Eve so that when Santa Claus arrives he can taste some of them too.

Preparation time: 30 minute 

Cooking time: 20 minute 

Dough 

400 gr. whole wheat flour

2 eggs

1/2 glass of extra virgin olive oil

1/2 glass of white wine

50 gr. of sugar.

Ingredients for the filling:


Pour the flour on the pastry board and knead it, adding, if necessary, flour or wine as needed, until you have a very homogeneous and smooth dough that we shape to give it the shape of a ball, then wrap it in a napkin and let it rest for half an hour.

For the stuffing:
500 g of boiled and sieved chickpeas
100 g of honey or melted sugar 
100 g of sugar
100 ml  of liquor like brandy 
50 g of chocolate chips
grated zest of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons of  brown colored fruit  jam 
roasted and chopped almonds

METHOD
Boil the chickpeas and pass them through a sieve, add all the other ingredients and mix gently.

Roll out the dough into many rectangles and lay a teaspoon of the mixture on it, close and fry in plenty of hot oil.

Drain them, arrange them on a serving dish and sprinkle with icing sugar.

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