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<\/p>\nI have to confess something.<\/p>\n
During Carnival, I don’t love to dress up.
\nOn the other hand, I love all the sweets of this period.<\/p>\n
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I love the masks of the Italian tradition: Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Colombina.
\nAnd the beautiful costumes of the Venice Carnival.<\/p>\n
The important thing is to admire and not have to dress up.
\nI didn’t even love it when I was little.<\/p>\n
There has always been little harmony between Carnival and me.
\nFor me, adventures came from the pages of the books I devoured, not from wearing a princess costume. Over the years, I loved no one of the dresses that I have worn to look like a child like the others.
\nEach time, I would choose outfits that either clunked my movements or didn’t fit me well.<\/p>\n
Or maybe it was me who saw myself that way. I don’t know, but that feeling spoiled the mood and the party.<\/p>\n
The memory is a nightmare.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I rethink my super pinky maxi dress, covered with tulle, leaves, and branches that were supposed to make me a spring fairy.<\/p>\n
Ah! And how could I forget the charming hat? I remember it, adorned with branches that flew off my head with every step. And, above all, that made me look more like a deer than a mild spring fairy.
\nI still get anxious at the thought.<\/p>\n
I had to walk while holding my hat steady with one hand and maneuvering branches and flowers with the other. It was the height of my bad mood because of a dress.<\/p>\n
I am sure, neither before nor since, has there ever been a spring fairy with a tragic impulse to pyromania.<\/p>\n
When I was a child was enough an apple crumpet to celebrate the Carnival.<\/p>\n
Do you know the traditional masks of Emilia-Romagna?
\nThe most famous are Doctor Balanzone, Fagiolino, Sganapino, and Sandrone.<\/p>\n
The mask of the doctor, the most prominent, contains a reference to the learned law graduate who gets by as best he can.<\/p>\n
Fagiolino originated from puppetry, a popular form of entertainment in Bologna since ancient times; Sganapino is similar to Fagiolino, only he is a street urchin; instead, Sandrone is the somewhat ignorant peasant who turns out to be as cunning as a fox.<\/p>\n
As I told you, what I especially love about the Carnival season are its sweets, almost always fried.<\/p>\n
Frappe or sfrappole<\/a><\/strong> (on the blog, you can find my home recipe), zeppole, castagnole, topini, frittelle. In Bologna, people also make sweet fried tagliatelle<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n My grandmother Sara used to fry big trays of sfrappole, sprinkled with alchermes, that my cousins and I would devour for merenda.<\/p>\n Often, in the quiet of a kitchen all to ourselves, Grandma would take an apple and, with a knowing look, set a bowl on the table. Nonna Sara called them spirited pancakes because she used to add a little Marsala liqueur in the batter. But rum or no spirit is fine, too.<\/p>\n The future starts today. What flavor do you want to give it?<\/p>\n Buona cucina, Monica<\/p>\n To receive unpublished recipes, tips, and food stories, sign up for the\u00a0Tortellini&CO newsletter<\/a>. You can disable it anytime.<\/p>\n If you like, follow me on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0Pinterest<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n serves 4 1 or 2 floury apples for garnish, powdered or granulated sugar Directions<\/p>\n In a bowl mix flour, sugar, baking powder, clove scent powder and grated lemon peel.<\/p>\n Add eggs and water and mix until the batter is soft but not too runny.<\/p>\n Peel apples, remove the center core with a fruit digger, and cut slices almost 1 cm thick (not too thin or they will break, not too thick or they will not cook well).<\/p>\n Completely dip into the batter one slice at a time, several times, then fry in the hot oil.<\/p>\n Fry one or two pancakes at a time for a couple of minutes. Sprinkle with powdered or granulated sugar.<\/p>\n Eat them hot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have to confess something. During Carnival, I don’t love to dress up. On the other hand, I love all the sweets of this period. Me and the Carnival season I love the masks of the Italian tradition: Arlecchino, Pulcinella, Colombina. And the beautiful costumes of the Venice Carnival. The important thing is to admire…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2129,2034,2031],"tags":[2225],"class_list":["post-8203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fruits-en","category-ingredients","category-recipes","tag-carnival"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_5220.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8203"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35676,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8203\/revisions\/35676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Stay in the know!<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\nApple Fritters Recipe<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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\nList of the Ingredients<\/p>\n
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\n00 flour, 180 g
\nbaking powder, 1\/2 teaspoon
\nsugar, 50 g
\n2 eggs
\ndry Marsala or other liqueur, 2 tablespoons
\nfiltered juice of half a lemon
\ngrated peel of half a lemon
\nseveral tablespoons cold water, preferably sparkling water
\nsalt and clove powder, a pinch of both<\/p>\n
\nfor frying, seed oil<\/p>\n
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\nAs soon as they become golden, lay the pancakes on paper towels. Continue until you run out of apple slices.<\/p>\n