Jerezs pestiños recipe with Thermomix

Pestiños are a traditional sweet of Spanish gastronomy. Although this delicious fried mass can be eaten throughout the year, pestiños are a classic dessert at Christmas and Holy Week, at Easter parties. Unlike the rest, Jerezs pestiños have the peculiarity that they are made with authentic Jerez wine, which gives them a special and very Spanish flavor. If you have a Thermomix at home, follow this easy and fast recipe and enjoy Jerezs pestiños with Thermomix at the next parties.

Jerez pestiños ingredients with Thermomix:

1. The first step to prepare the mass of Christmas pestiños will be mixed, in Varoma mode, the oil in the Themomix programming at speed 2 for 5 minutes. After this time, add to the glass the ajonjolí and the anise in grain, program for 6 minutes with 100º temperature at speed 1. Pass the mixture and reserve.

2. Next, pour the orange juice, wine, anise liquor and oil prepared in the previous step in the thermomix glass. Mix everything programming with speed 6 for about 10 seconds.

3. Then, add half of the flour and knead with the Thermomix for 15 seconds at speed 6. When the ingredients have been completely integrated, incorporate the rest of the flour and knead at spike speed for 3 minutes.

4. stretch the dough on a flat surface and shape the pestiños cutting rhombuses and folding in the tips found. You can use some water to make the tips stick. Then, fry in hot oil until brown and reserve.

5. Prepare the honey syrup for the pestiños of Jerez, leading to boil honey, sugar and water. Remove for a few seconds the pestiños already fried in this hot mixture and enjoy this traditional dessert with Thermomix during Christmas or Easter parties accompanying with some mantecados, home torrijas.

Trick: If you don like honey syrup you can serve the pestiños sprinkled with icing sugar