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Žagarėliai

Name: Žagarėliai
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Lithuania
Ingredients: 250g All-purpose flour; 4 Egg Yolk; 3 tbsp Sour cream; 1 tbsp Sugar; A pinch Salt; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Powdered sugar

Dessert

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Thin dough twisted, fried, and dusted with powdered sugar — a Lithuanian celebration sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Žagarėliai means 'little twigs': a traditional Lithuanian sweet made by cutting thin dough into strips, slitting the center, pulling one end through, and frying the twisted shapes. Light and crisp, they're dusted generously with powdered sugar and piled high at birthdays, weddings, and Shrovetide (Užgavėnės).

🌆 Where it's eaten: On the sweets table at a Lithuanian wedding, twig-like fried pastries cloaked in powdered sugar are heaped high as children reach for them.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 250g
Egg Yolk 4
Sour cream 3 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Oil for frying To taste
Powdered sugar To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the egg yolks, sour cream, sugar, and salt, then add the flour and knead into a firm dough.
Cover with plastic wrap and rest 30 minutes.
Roll the dough very thin, cut into 3×10cm rectangles, and slit the center.
Pull one end through the slit to twist.
Fry in 170°C oil until pale golden, and once cool, dust generously with powdered sugar.

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