Cillipieni from San Vito, recipe by Mara Berghella
INGREDIENTS
For cillipieni
– 1 cup olive oil
-500 g 00 our
-1 1⁄2 tsp. baking powder
– 2 tsp. sugar
Filling for black cillipieni
– 1⁄2 cup red wine
– 400 g Montepulciano grape jam 100 g walnuts
– 80 g dark chocolate
– graham crackers or dry biscuits
(as needed)
Filling for white cillipieni
– 1⁄2 cup white wine
– 400 g orange marmalade
– 100 g almonds
PREPARATION
dough
Heat the wine slightly in a saucepan. Mix the wine, oil, sugar, flour, and baking powder in a bowl until it forms a soft, elastic dough. Let rest while you prepare the fillings.
Filling black cillipieni
Chop the walnuts. Mix with wine and jam in a bowl. If the mixture is too soft, add some crumbled graham crackers or other dry biscuits.
Filling white cillipieni
Peel and chop almonds. Mix with wine and marmalade in a bowl. If the mixture is too soft, add some crumbled graham crackers or other dry biscuits.
assembly
Shape the dough into at disks. Fill half with the black filling and the others with the white filling. Fold over into semicircle and seal the edges. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for about 15 minutes.
Wine in combination: “Moscardello” Moscato Spumante Dolce Terre di Chieti IGP.