REGIONAL DISHES: ORELLAS BY SPANISH STUDENTS

The "Orellas" is a typical dessert of Galicia.

In Carnival we dress-up, we eat pork meat and "orellas".

INGREDIENTS:

400 g flour, 2 eggs, 100 g
butter, water, salt , anisette, baking powder, olive oil, sugar.

PREPARATION:

The butter must be soft. In a bowl, mix the flour with the
baking powder, and make a hole in the middle. Add the eggs, sugar, water, anisette and butter.

Mix it slowly and, then, knead the dough on a floury table, so it becomes elastic, not sticky, and soft, adding more water or flour if necessary. Leave it for half an hour and make the “orellas”. To make “orellas”:

Take pieces of 50g of dough and extend it on a floury table and make it very fine. Then cut it in smaller pieces and fry them, in a frying pan full of very hot olive oil. Fry them on both sides. Then, put some sugar on them.

By: Abraham, Nerea, Julián, Javier y Alejandro

From classroom 3 ESO C ( IES San Tomé de Freixeiro- Vigo- Spain)

REGIONAL DISHES: FILLOAS BY SPANISH STUDENTS FROM CLASS 3ºC: MANUEL,CELINA,ANDREA,CANDELA

Filloas are a typical Galician dessert, which is eaten also during Carnival.

Filloas

Ingredients:

5 eggs

200 g. flour

600 ml. milk

300 g sugar

25 g butter

Elaboration:

If you want to do Filloas (a tradicional Galician food), you need a big bowl and a frying pan. You put the 5 eggs in the bowl. You whisk the eggs. Next, you add the flour and then the milk. You whisk it, and when these ingredients are mixed, you have to add the sugar and the butter, till you get a mixture without lumps.

Then you put the mixture in a glass. You should put a bit of this mixture in the frying pan with a bit of oil, and then you have to turn over the "filloa" because they must be fried on both rides. You can eat them with cream, sugar, fruit, chocolate..

Whipped cream for Filloas.

Ingredients:

250 g. cream

100 g, sugar

Elaboration:

Put the cream into a very cold bowl. Add the sugar and mix both with energy, in some minutes It will be finished.