Hojuelas de carnaval (Carnival flakes)

When something is very good or is going very well, in Spain we use the sentence " miel sobre hojuelas" (honey over flakes ) Hojuelas is a traditional carnival dessert and it can be served with honey or sugar. It has several names: Hojuelas, orellas, orejas...depending what part of Spain they are from. In the North we use to make it with butter or lard and with olive oil in the South  but all of them are delicious.

 It´s Carnival so these days are perfect for this recipe. 

Ingredients:

100gr. of Milk

2 Eggs

30gr. of Butter

1 Teaspoon of baking powder

The grated peel of a lemon

400gr. of plain flour

Olive oil to fry them

Icing sugar

Mix in a bowl the milk, the eggs, the butter and the baking powder. Add the flour and knead it until get a smooth and soft dough. 

Let the dough rest for 1 hour.

Take small portion of dough and with a rolling pin, stretch it as thin as possible. Cut it with a knife in a rectangle or rhombus shape.

Pour the olive oil in a deep pan and when the oil is hot fry the dough portions. Take them out when they are golden. Drain them on kitchen paper towels. Sprinkle the portions with plenty of icing sugar or honey and they are ready.