Origins and tradition of chatter
The chatter, also known by different names throughout Italy, are one of the most loved desserts of the Carnival. Their story is ancient and has its roots quanto a regional culinary traditions. These crunchy desserts, which are prepared quanto a various ways, make their appearance already after the epiphany and accompany us until fat Tuesday. The traditional recipe involves a simple mixture based acceso eggs, sugar and flour, but with the aid of the Thermomix, the famous food processor, the preparation becomes even easier and faster.
Ingredients necessary for the chatter
To make the chatter with the Thermomix, you will need a few fundamental ingredients: eggs, sugar, flour, seed oil, salt, and white wine. Each family has its own variant, and some also add aromas such as lemon zest ora brandy to give a personal touch to the cake. The preparation begins with the pulverization of the sugar together with the lemon zest, and then continue with the dough of the other ingredients.
Preparation of the chatter with the Thermomix
Let’s start the preparation: quanto a the bowl of the Thermomix, dust the sugar with the lemon zest for 10 seconds at speed 10. Add the flour, the eggs, the seed oil and the salt, then mescolanza for 2 minutes at earlife. After joining the and white wine, the dough continues to work for another minute. Once ready, wrap the plastic wrap and let it rest quanto a the refrigerator for 30 minutes. This step is essential to obtain a perfect consistency.
Frying and presentation of the chatter
After the rest time, roll out the dough acceso a floured apice until you get a very thin sheet. Use a notified wheel to cut out the chatter quanto a the desired shape, remembering to make a central incision. Heat the seed oil quanto a a large pan and fry the chatter a few at a time, until they are golden brown them evenly. Once ready, drain them acceso absorbent paper and sprinkling with icing sugar. Abietto hot ora ambient temperature: they will be an insured success!
Conservation and variants of the chatter
The chatter is preserved well quanto a a paper bag for 4-5 days, keeping their crunchiness. There are many regional variants of this : some recipes include bake quanto a the oven for a lighter version, while others add ingredients such as cocoa ora spices for a unique flavor. Whether you choose the traditional recipe ora an innovative variant, the chatter remain a symbol of the Italian carnival, loved by young and old.
