Struzhni
Description
Homemade pastries for tea. Gather your family and friends to enjoy crunchy golden cookies with a cup of hot tea with lemon, especially on cool autumn or winter evenings. You can prepare the pastry dough in advance and store it in the refrigerator for no more than 4–5 hours, so that by the time your guests arrive, you can serve a warm dessert on the table. The pastries are ready. Serve them to the table.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the specified ingredients.
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Step 2
Crack the chicken egg into a deep bowl, add granulated sugar and salt, pour in water, and whisk.
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Step 3
Add the wheat flour and knead the dough. If desired, you can add 0.25 tsp baking powder and a little vanilla sugar.
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Step 4
Shape the dough into a ball and cover it with plastic wrap. Let it rest for 15 minutes to activate the gluten.
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Step 5
Separate part of the dough and roll it out into a round sheet, dusting the work surface with flour.
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Step 6
Cut the dough into rectangles, and make a slit inside each one.
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Step 7
Insert the edge of the rectangle into the slit and turn it inside out. Shape the remaining pieces in the same way.
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Step 8
Heat vegetable oil in a kazan or saucepan and place the prepared pieces into it only when it is boiling. Fry for about 1 minute.
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Step 9
Then turn it over to the other side and fry for the same amount of time.
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Step 10
Fry the remaining pieces in the same way until golden brown.
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Step 11
Dust the struzhni with powdered sugar and serve with tea or coffee.