Catholic Recipe: Puzzles
Also Called: Zahada
DIRECTIONS
Sift flour, sugar, salt together. Add lemon rind. Cut in butter with pastry blender. Combine egg yolk, cream; blend into flour mixture. Turn out on lightly floured board; knead 5 minutes. Roll out 1/16 inch thick. Cut into diamonds 2 x 4 inches; make small lengthwise slit down center of each; pull 2 opposite corners through slit. Heat oil 2 inches deep to 375°. Fry few at a time, 2 minutes or until light brown. Drain. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Yield, 4 dozen
Recipe Source: Catholic Cookbook, The by William I. Kaufman, The Citadel Press, New York, 1965
