Gosh i Fil- Elephant's Ear
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 3 3⁄4 cups sifted white flour
- 2 cups vegetable fat
-
cooked syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup water
-
mix
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom
- 1⁄3 cup ground pistachio nut
directions
- Beat eggs, then add and beat together salt, sugar, oil and milk.
- Add sifted flour to beaten mixture, turn out on lightly floured board and knead for 10 minutes until smooth.
- (Add a little water if necessary).
- Roll out small sections of dough to paper thin circles or squares.
- For ears, pleat in one side of a circular piece- for bows pleat in the center of a rectangular piece.
- (You can make these up to a foot in diameter- whatever your pan will accommodate.) Heat fat in a large shallow pan, and fry ears a few at a time until lightly brown, turning once.
- Remove from fat and drain.
- Pour dribbles of syrup over pastry and dust at once with generous amounts of powdered sugar, cardamom and pistachio.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Michelle Kasper
Sierra Vista, AZ
I am a culinary school graduate, Texas Culinary Institute, but I do not work at a restaurant. I just enjoy cooking for family and friends. I am currently working on my Master's degree in counseling psychology and am due to graduate in May 2009. I have 2 kids ages 8 and 16 months. We have been living in England for 2 1/2 years and will move back to the states in June.