Newfoundland Toutons - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup lukewarm water
1 (16 g) packet traditional yeast
1 cup 2% low-fat milk
2 tablespoons shortening
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 tablespoon salt
5 -6 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 lb finely cubed bits of fatback pork
Preparation
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Dissolve 1 tbsp sugar in the lukewarm water, Sprinkle with the yeast let stand 10 minutes, then stir briskly with a fork.
Scald the milk; add shortening, stir until melted.
Add cold water, salt and 1 tsp sugar.
Make sure that the milk mixture is lukewarm then add yeast.
Stir until blended.
Add 2 cups flour and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
Gradually add more flour until you have a moist dough that no longer sticks to the bowl.
Turn dough onto a lightly floured board and knead for at least 10 minutes.
Shape into a ball and place in a greased bowl, turning the ball to grease the top. cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise in a warm, draft free place (I put mine in the oven with the oven light on) Leave until it has doubled in size.
Punch down the dough and squeeze off pieces of dough approx 1/3 cup, flatten to approx 1/2\" circular or triangle shape.
Fry the pork fat until scrunchins are golden brown and crisp, remove scrunchins.
Fry the toutons in the pork fat until golden on both sides. Put some scrunchins on the touton.
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