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PASTE DI MELIGA (o Paste D'melia)
La "meliga", in dialetto piemontese, è la farina di granturco, quindi le Paste di Meliga sono dei pasticcini di forma tonda (con o senza buco) composti, prevalentemete, da questo ingrediente. Ogni forno o pasticceria che si rispetti, in Piemonte, le tiene in bella vista nelle vetrine o negli scaffali. Vendute sciolte o già confezionate sono belle da vedere e buone da mangiare a colazione o a merenda insieme ad una buona tazza di té. La ricetta è tenuta ben segreta ma io ho voluto provare a crearne una personale, basandomi solo sugli ingredienti notati sulle confezioni. Dopo svariati tentativi sono riuscita a trovare il perfetto dosaggio per la realizzazione ottimale di questi deliziosi biscotti. Ed ecco il risultato.
Ingr. per circa 20 biscotti:
300 gr. di farina di polenta a grana grossa
350 gr. farina bianca
200 gr burro fuso
100 ml circa di latte
4 tuorli d’uovo
200 gr. di zucchero
1 limone (scorza grattugiata)
2 bustine di lievito in polvere (2 cucchiai abbondanti)
COME PROCEDERE:
Mischiare le due farine su una spianatoia e fare la fontana.
Al centro mettere le uova battute, lo zucchero, il burro, il limone e il
lievito. Aggiungete il latte fino ad ottenere un impasto né troppo duro, né
troppo morbido. Mettere l’impasto in frigorifero per due ore avvolto nella
pellicola.
Prendete una tasca da cucina con beccuccio grande e
zigrinato e riempitela con il composto. Quindi andate a formare delle
ciambelline di circa 6 cm di diametro che sistemerete ben distanziate (perché durante
la cottura si allargano) su di una teglia foderata con carta da forno.
Infornate in forno preriscaldato a 180° C per circa 20
minuti o fin quando avranno assunto un colore dorato.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
PASTE DI MELIGA/CORN COOKIES
"Meliga", in Piedmontese dialect, is the corn flour; then, paste di meliga are round cookies (with or without hole) mostly formed with this ingredient. Each baker's or confectioner's that one respect, in Piedmont, keeps them in view in the windows or on the shelves.
Sold loose or packaged are beautiful to see and good to eat for breakfast or as a snack together with a good cup of tea. The recipe is kept well secret, but I wanted to try to create a personal one, based only on ingredients noted on the packaging. After several attempts I have found the perfect dosage for the optimal implementation of these delicious cookies. And here is the result.
Ingr. for about 20 cookies:
"Meliga", in Piedmontese dialect, is the corn flour; then, paste di meliga are round cookies (with or without hole) mostly formed with this ingredient. Each baker's or confectioner's that one respect, in Piedmont, keeps them in view in the windows or on the shelves.
Sold loose or packaged are beautiful to see and good to eat for breakfast or as a snack together with a good cup of tea. The recipe is kept well secret, but I wanted to try to create a personal one, based only on ingredients noted on the packaging. After several attempts I have found the perfect dosage for the optimal implementation of these delicious cookies. And here is the result.
Ingr. for about 20 cookies:
300 Gr. Corn Flour of polenta (coarse grain)
350 gr. AP flour
200 gr melted butter
100 ml of milk (approximately)
4 egg yolks
100 ml of milk (approximately)
4 egg yolks
200 gr. Sugar
1 lemon (grated zest)
2 sachets of baking powder (2 heaping tablespoons)
HOW TO PROCEED:
HOW TO PROCEED:
Mix the two flours on a pastry board and make the fountain.
In the middle put the beaten egg, sugar, butter, the lemon and the yeast. Add the milk until you obtain a dough not too hard nor too soft. Put the dough in the refrigerator for two hours wrapped in the film.
In the middle put the beaten egg, sugar, butter, the lemon and the yeast. Add the milk until you obtain a dough not too hard nor too soft. Put the dough in the refrigerator for two hours wrapped in the film.
Take a sac a poche with large (about 1 cm) and knurled mouth and fill it with the compound.
Then go to form the donuts of about 6 cm in diameter that you will put, well-spaced (because while they are cooking will enlarge), on a baking pan lined with baking paper.
Then go to form the donuts of about 6 cm in diameter that you will put, well-spaced (because while they are cooking will enlarge), on a baking pan lined with baking paper.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180° C for about 20 minutes or until they are golden brown.
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