italian bread

[rozalee]

my grandmother used to make what we called crispels
lumps of bread deep fried in olive oil does anyone have the recipe for these

[sunflower68]

Is this any good rozalee??
http://www.italiancookingandliving.com/recipes /archive/2407-Fried-Bread,cs=,cc=2,ps=,pt=nc,. html

[Clanad]

sunflower68's recipe sounds a lot like what we would call French Toast... here in the western U.S., Indian (Native American for the PC crowd) fry bread is common at all Pow Wows. It is simply frozen bread dough fried in any kind of oil. We haven't used olive oil since it smokes at a lower temperature and the best results are to use a heavy, preferrably cast iron skillet, with hot oil. The frozen dough is thawed and pieces about the 2 inches in diameter are pulled off and flattened by pulling gently like you would pizza dough. this is then placed in the hot oil. In just a few seconds turn it with a wooden spoon (at least among the Tsi Tsi Tas I know) and brown the other side. Don't leave it too long since it will blacken quickly. Served as part of a full meal as tacos but just as good with some real butter and preserves...

[rozalee]

sorry sunflower 68 but this is not the right one. she used to make the bread dough from scratch so it was quite sloppy then drop spoonfuls into deep hot olive oil.They then rise straight to the surface. Cant seem to get the bread recipe right. Mine dont taste the same as hers did.

[Narolines]

I seem to remember posting a very similar answer to this about a year ago. Are you possibly looking for crespelli? There is one recipe here: http://www.crinellawinery.com/family_cookbook/ crespelli.shtml
but I'm sure you'll find others if you Google it.