RECIPE OFImpanata con i lolli

Sicily (Italy)

Ingredients

400 grams of minced beef30 grams of pine nuts30 grams of almonds2 eggs1 onion1 sandwichmilk,grated Parmesan cheese,flour,butter,salt,pepper

PreparationUsually cooked during Christmas Eve,

the breaded with lolli is savory tart from the land of Syracuse. First you have to dedicate to the preparation of the dough (to lolli fact): made a stick solid with 300 grams of flour, warm water and salt, formed a cord often 1 cm, and then get 2 cm long cylinders. Each cylinder has to be very thin! Put lolli on a tray sprinkled with flour and let them dry overnight (preferably covered with a cloth).

THEN …

Now it's up to the base: Mix in a bowl 500 grams of flour, 2 spoons of salt, sugar, a little 'oil and yeast (previously dissolved in warm water). Work it all by hand until you have a smooth dough and let rest for a few hours. Remember to cover the container with a cloth!Now take charge of filling, starting from the pork sauce. First, slice the onion, brown in the oil and add the pork. Then add the tomato paste, mix well and pour over. It takes about 90 minutes for the whole season, with a pinch of salt and wild fennel. In another pan, cook for 10 minutes, the sausage cut into pieces, onion and remaining half glass of water.

Take up the lolli, boil in salted water, drain the water and add to sauce pork. Separately, after washing and cut the cauliflower, put to boil in a pot. It spent the two hours, flattened the dough by serving a rolling pin. Formed of discs: one will be the base, the other as a cover. Now rest the first disc on the tray (after having greased the bottom), filled with lolli, cauliflower, pork and sausage, seasoning everything with the sauce, black pepper and a little olive oil.

THEN …

… finallyAfter covering the filling with

the second disk of dough, fun to close the breaded! Bake the cake at 200 degrees for about 1 hour and wait until you see brown the surface. After long efforts, your breaded with lolli is finally ready!

Cut into slices and serve!