Regional Italian Cuisine Calabrian Cooking - part 3 of 3

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Ground turkey is a leaner and cost-effective alternative.

anchovies

🥗Healthier: seaweed flakes

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna provides a similar umami flavor at a lower cost.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is a more economical option for cooking.

Sift 2 cups of plain flour into a bowl to make it lighter and remove lumps.

Add 2 tablespoons of self-raising flour to the sifted plain flour.

Crack 3 eggs individually into the mixture to check for imperfections before adding them to the flour.

Bind the ingredients together to form a workable dough.

Flour your hands and board to manage the sticky dough better.

Knead the dough for about 5 to 10 minutes until it becomes pliable.

Cut the dough into 6 pieces and flatten them for easier management.

Set the pasta machine to the largest setting and feed the flattened dough through it.

Trim the pastry sheets to remove irregular pieces, aiming for uniform pieces.

Change the pasta machine setting to the tagliatelle setting and pass the dough through to create strips.

Cut the tagliatelle strips into tiny squares with scissors and let them rest to dry out.

Heat hot vegetable oil in a deep pan for frying.

Deep fry the tagliatelle squares until they puff up and turn golden brown, keeping an eye on them to prevent burning.

Remove the fried pieces and let them drain on absorbent paper to remove excess oil.

In a separate pan, heat honey on low until it starts to bubble.

Stir the fried pastry pieces in the bubbling honey until fully coated.

Prepare a plate by dabbing it with water to prevent the pinata from sticking.

Pour the honey-coated pinata onto the plate and shape it while it's still hot, as it will harden quickly.

Sprinkle hundreds and thousands over the shaped pinata for decoration.

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