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EXCELLENT WARSAW PĄCZKI Wyborne Warszawskie Pączki

Fat Thursday is a traditional Christian feast marking the last Thursday before Lent and is associated with the celebration of Carnival. Because Lent is a time of fasting, the days leading up to Ash Wednesday provide the last opportunity for feasting (including simply eating forbidden items) until Easter. Traditionally it is a day dedicated to eating, when people meet in their homes or cafés with their friends and relatives and eat large quantities of sweets, cakes and other meals usually not eaten during Lent. Among the most popular all-national dishes served on that day are pączki in Poland or berliner, fist-sized donuts filled with rose hip jam, and angel wings (faworki), French dough fingers served with powdered sugar.

In Poland, Fat Thursday is called Tłusty Czwartek. People purchase their favorite pastries from their local bakeries. Traditional foods include pączki (doughnuts), which are large deep-fried pieces of especially rich dough, traditionally filled with plum or rose petal jam (though others are commonly used) and topped with powdered sugar, icing, or glaze. Angel wings (faworki) are also commonly consumed on this day.

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EXCELLENT WARSAW PĄCZKI Wyborne Warszawskie Pączki

Course Dessert
Cuisine Poland, polish
Keyword Fat Thursday, Paczki

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sweet cream
  • 2 yeast cakes
  • 10 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 5 tbsp soft butter
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 jigger rum
  • 6 tbsp sugar

Instructions

  • Heat cream to lukewarm.
  • Add salt to egg yolks and beat until thick.
  • Cream butter and sugar.
  • Put these ingredients into a large bowl, add yeast dissolved with 1 tablespoon of sugar and mix thoroughly.
  • Add rum, then flour and cream alternately, and beat hard until the dough blisters.
  • Set in a warm place to rise.
  • Punch down, knead and let rise again.
  • Place dough on lightly floured board, stretch toward you, and fill with thick filling (jelly is not thick enough).
  • Fold over and cut into desired size ball, place on a lightly floured surface, and let rise.
  • Fry in deep hot fat, turning only once.
  • Pączki should have a very dark color before turning to ensure that they are thoroughly baked.
  • Drain on soft absorbent paper.
  • Sprinkle with vanilla-flavored powdered sugar or a mixture of granulated sugar and cinnamon.

Favorki without Egg Whites recipe

 

Favorki without Egg Whites

Author: Rysia

Ingredients

  • 6 egg yolk
  • 1 cup sweet cream
  • 2 cups flour
  • 6 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 jigger apricot brandy

Instructions

  • Beat the egg yolks with sugar until light.
  • Add sweet cream and brandy.
  • Fold in enough flour to make a firm dough.
  • . Place the dough on a kneading board and roll out.
  • Cut into 2"x4" strips. 
  • Cut a hole in the middle of each strip, then pass one end of the strip through it to make a knot.
  • Fry in hot lard until brown. 
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
  • Serve with honey.

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Chrusciki (Bow Tie Puffy Pastry)

 

Chrusciki (Bow Tie Puffy Pastry)

Author: Virginia Goss

Ingredients

  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 Tbsp brandy or whiskey
  • 1 Tbsp vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1/8 Tbsp salt
  • 1 cup flour
  • confectioners/ powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Cream sugar, egg yolks, salt, brandy vinegar.
  • Add flour.
  • Roll out thin, cut in 4x2" strips; slash in the center and pull one end through, making a twist.
  • Fry in deep fat until brown.
  • Drain on paper and sift confectioners' sugar on them.

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Chruściki (Angel Wings or Tea Twists)

Chruściki or Angel wings are a traditional sweet crisp pastry made out of dough that has been shaped into thin twisted ribbons, deep-fried and sprinkled with powdered sugar. Traditionally present in several European cuisines, angel wings are known by many other names and have been incorporated into other regional cuisines (such as the United States) by immigrant populations. They are most commonly eaten in the period just before Lent, often during Carnival and on Fat Thursday, the last Thursday before Lent – not to be confused with “Fat Tuesday” (Mardi Gras), the day before the start of Lent (Ash Wednesday). There is a tradition in some countries for husbands to give angel wings to their wives on Friday the 13th in order to avoid bad luck.

Chruściki (Angel Wings)

Author: Mrs. Regina Malinowski

Ingredients

  • 5 egg yolks
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 pint cream
  • 1 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 3 cups flour
  • confectioner's (powdered) sugar

Instructions

  • Beat together all ingredients except flour and powdered sugar. 
  • Add flour gradually, mixing well and kneading in the bowl until smooth.
  • Divide dough into 4 or 5 pieces.
  • Roll out each piece on floured board to noodle thickness.
  • Cut strips 1" wide and 5" long. Cut a 2" slit in center of each strip and pull 1 end of the strip through the slit.
  • Deep fry until golden brown.
  • Drain.
  • When cool, sprinkle with powdered confectioners sugar.

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