Italian Bow Tie Cookies

Steps to make

1. 1

   Combine eggs, sugar, salt, and whisky

   2 min
   

   Place 3 eggs, ¼ cup of sugar, ¼ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ cup of whisky in a large bowl and mix until fully combined.

2. 2

   Add flour

   3 min
   

   Add 1 cup of the flour and mix well. Add the remaining 1¾ cups of flour and mix until you have a slightly sticky dough.

4. 3

   Chill dough

   1h
   

   Shape the dough into a ball using your hands and refrigerate, covered, for about one hour.

5. 4

   Roll out dough

   3 min
   

   Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator. Cut the dough ball in half and on a floured workspace, roll out one half very thinly.

6. 5

   Cut dough

   3 min
   

   Using a knife or cutter (a pasta rolling machine if you have one), cut the dough into strips. Approx 6 - 7 inches is a good size.

7. 6

   Make into ribbons

   4 min
   

   Make a little cut in the dough towards one end. Place the opposite end through that slit, and pull through to make a ribbon shape. Repeat, until all of the dough is used.

8. 7

   Heat oil

   5 min
   

   Heat at least 2 inches of oil in a wok, a saucepan or fryer until hot.

9. 8

   Fry cookies

   10 min
   

   Before cooking each pastry ribbon in the oil, pull and stretch them, so that it is thinner (as they shrink after being shaped). Drop the pastries in the oil until they are puffed up and lightly browned all over.

10. 9

    Drain oil

    

    Remove from the oil and transfer the fried cookies to a paper towel lined plate to drain and cool.

11. 10

    Sprinkle with powdered sugar

    

    Sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar.

12. 11

    Serve

    

    Serve with strong coffee or tea.