Italian Bowtie Pastry Wandas Recipes

ITALIAN BOW TIE COOKIE RECIPE RECIPE - (3.5/5)

Steps:

• First This really is a pretty simple recipe. It's really just sweet pasta that you fry then sprinkle with powdered sugar. But very delicious!!! Next Place 1-3/4 cups of flour into a bowl. Next Make a well in the center of the flour, eggs, egg yolks, rum, confectioners' sugar and salt as per ingredients listed above. Mix well at first with a fork and then continue to mix with your hands until all the flour is combined with the liquids. Mix until you are able to make a nice dough ball. Next Now add the remaining 1/4 cup of flour onto a large chopping board. That is what I like to use for kneading dough. Next Knead the dough mixing in the flour you just added. Knead the dough for a good 10 minutes or so until you get a nice elastic consistency. Use the standard kneading of fold, push, turn... fold, push, turn... Etc... Next Cover with a damp towel and let rest for 30 minutes. Next After the pasta dough has rested for 30 minutes, it's time to work with the pasta machine. Cut the dough ball into fourths. Work with a quarter of the dough ball at a time. Next First you will roll out the dough to about 1/8″ thickness. Cut the pasta into 3″ wide strips of dough to go through the pasta machine. Don't make your strips too wide because you don't want your pasta touching the sides of the pasta machine when you are running the pasta through the rollers. Set your pasta machine to the number 3 setting, run your pasta through slowly. No need to rush this. Then run it through again on the number 2 setting. This should give you an almost paper thin strip of pasta dough. Next At this point you should pour vegetable oil into your fryer until you have about 2 - 4 inches of oil in the fryer. Heat the oil up to 350 degrees F. Make sure you wait until the oil is heated up to set temperature. This will take a little time for the oil to heat up to 350 degrees F. OK, now back to making more bow ties!? Next Cut the paper thin strips of dough into strips that are approximately 7″ long and 1/2″ wide. Tie them into a loose knot and set them aside. You have to be very careful when you are trying to tie this thin dough into knots. It's fragile. Take a look at the step by step recipe photos to see how I do this. You don't have to have knots. You really can have any shape you want. Make little puppy dogs if you can. Any shape will do, but the knot is the traditional shape. Try to tie a bunch before you start frying them. Next After the oil has been heated up and you have a good amount of bowties ready to go, it's time to start frying them up. Carefully place the bow ties into the hot oil with a spoon. Let them cook for about 1 or 2 minutes or until they are golden brown. Don't let them cook too long or they will taste oily or greasy. They will float to the top pretty quickly. Flip them over a couple of times during the frying and then take them out and place them on a paper towel to drain. I use paper plates with paper towels on top and place the fried bowtie cookies on top of the paper towels to drain. As the bow tie cookies are draining sprinkle on some powdered sugar. It's important to sprinkle the powdered sugar on shortly after you drain them because you want the powdered sugar to stick to the cookie. Next You will work your way through frying all the cookies at the same time your are making more pasta bowties. It's very helpful to have a few people doing this at the same time. Get the whole family involved with making the bow ties. It's great fun! I guarantee you will be eating many of the Italian Bowtie cooking before you're done cooking them! Next I like to get a large serving platter and a layer, add powdered sugar, add another layer and more sugar and more bowties and more sugar until you have a nice mound of wonderful Fried Italian Bowtie cookies piled high for all to enjoy! We always had them drizzled with warm honey and then sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.

ITALIAN BOWTIE PASTRY (WANDAS)

Steps:

• In one bowl, mix flour, salt and sugar.
• In a separate bowl, blend egg, butter and vanilla.
• Make a well in the dry ingredients and add the egg mixture, mix until a stiff dough forms.
• Add sherry a tablespoon at a time until the dough becomes smooth and pliable.
• Cover and chill 2 hours.
• Roll out chilled dough on a floured surface to 1/8 inch.
• Cut narrow strips and twist into loose knots.
• Fill deep fryer or heavy pot with 1-1/2 to 2 inches of oil.
• Heat to 375 degrees F.
• Fry cookies until they puff and turn golden brown (about 2 minutes).
• Drain on paper towels or brown bags.
• Dust with sugar while still warm.

WANDIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla, orange extract, orange zest, orange juice concentrate and heavy cream until very well blended. Stir in the baking powder and salt. Gradually mix in enough flour to form a soft but firm dough.
• Heat 2 inches of oil in a deep cast iron skillet or electric skillet to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch in thickness. Cut into 3x2 inch squares and make a slit in the middle of each one.
• Fry on each side in the hot oil until golden brown. Add more oil to the skillet as needed. When cooled dust cookies with confectioners' sugar.

ITALIAN CENCI COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat eggs, sugar and salt until frothy. Stir in vanilla. Sift flour with baking powder; gradually add to batter. Add butter and mix well. Turn out onto a floured surface; knead for 10 minutes. Divide dough in half; roll each half as thin as possible (noodle thickness). Cut into 5-in. x 1-in. strips with a knife or scalloped pastry wheel. , Preheat oil to 375°; fry cookies until golden brown, about 1 minute per side. Drain on paper towels. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Cookies are best served the same day.

ITALIAN BOW TIE BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain. In a large bowl, combine spaghetti sauce and salad dressing mix. Add pasta; toss to coat. , Transfer to a greased shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until heated through.

BOW-TIE PASTA WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Pre-cook the sausage (Pan-fry,bake,etc.) cut into circles or semi-circles.
• Chop garlic; put into a large measuring cup.
• Chop basil and add to garlic.
• Add a little salt and pepper before covering the garlic and basil with olive oil.
• Put measuring cup in refrigertor.
• Boil pasta, rinse and drain.
• Toss with sausage and oil mixture.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• If pasta is too dry, add more olive oil.
• Stir in Parmesan Cheese and enjoy.