Gnocco Fritto Savoury Fried Dough

Full Recipe👇 Gnocco Fritto (also known as Crescentine) is an incredibly delicious Italian snack from the Emilia-Romagna region. Crispy pillows of savoury fried dough served warm with cured meats and cheese!www.insidether...
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Ingredients
500 g Italian 00 flour (4 cups)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon fast action (instant) yeast
½ teaspoon fine salt
250 ml whole milk (1 cup plus 1 tablespoon)
70 g lard or butter (2.4oz or 5 tablespoons)
Sunflower oil for frying
For serving
Prosciutto crudo or other cured meats
Stracchino or Crescenza cheese
Instructions
Warm the milk in a saucepan then turn off the heat and set aside. Make sure it’s warm and not hot.
Put the flour, yeast and sugar in a large mixing bowl and stir together. Make a well in the centre of the flour and add the warm milk (please note: check your packet instruction for how to use your yeast. If it needs activating in liquid first, you can add it to the warm milk for 5-10 minutes before starting).
Stir everything together until a very rough dough has formed. Add the lard and salt and knead the dough with your hands until the lard is fully incorporated into the dough.
Put the dough into a clean bowl and cover with plastic wrap (cling film). Let the dough rise at room temperature for 2 hours.
Put the sunflower oil in a large frying pan so it’s about 2 inches deep. Heat to 180C using a thermometer.
Meanwhile, lightly sprinkle a clean work surface with flour and roll the dough out until about 3mm thick.
Using a pizza wheel or knife cut the dough into rough squares about 5-6cm wide. Fry the gnocchi in small batches until puffed and golden brown (1-2 minutes each side). Drain on kitchen paper and serve with cheese and prosciutto.