Tullumba (Albanian)
Fried pastry with Syrup
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons melted margarine
1 glass flour
3 tablespoons water
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 glasses olive oil
Syrup: 2 glasses sugar
1 3/4 glasses water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Cooking Instructions:
SYRUP:
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons melted margarine
1 glass flour
3 tablespoons water
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 glasses olive oil
Syrup: 2 glasses sugar
1 3/4 glasses water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Cooking Instructions:
SYRUP:
· Put the sugar, water and lemon juice into a saucepan, and after melting the sugar by stirring, allow it to boil until moderately thick.
· Set aside to cool.
PASTRY:
· Heat the margarine in a saucepan, add the water and salt and bring to the boil.
· Reduce heat and add the flour at once.
· Stir the mixture constantly with a wooden spool and continue until mixture leaves the sides of the pan
and forms a ball.
· This should take 6 minutes, then remove pan from heat and set aside to cool. When cool, add the
eggs and knead for approximately 10 minutes, using a pastry bag with a large nozzle, put
7-8 pastries in a pan containing the heated olive oil.
· Start frying the pastry over low heat, increase heat when pastry puffs up a bit and fry until golden.
· Remove fried pastry with a perforated spoon, draining away the oil, then put into the syrup.
· Strain off the syrup, place Tulumba on serving plate and serve cool.
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