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Title: Prsurate (Pronounced Pursh-Uh-Rah-Teh)
Categories: Croatian Holiday Pastry Doughnuts
Yield: 4 Servings
| 1 | Sifter of of unsifted flour | |
| (about 3 1/2 cups) | ||
| 1 | c | Sugar |
| 1 | ts | Salt |
| 3 | lg | Apples |
| 1 | c | Walnuts, cut up |
| 1 | c | White raisins, plumped in |
| Hot water | ||
| 2 | Coarsely grated apples | |
| 1/4 | c | Pine nuts |
| Rind of 2 oranges | ||
| 1 | Lemon rind |
Place the first 4 ingreds in a large bowl. Pour about 2 cups of rolling boiling water over all, slowly stirring until you have a thick paste. Add 3 large apples that have been cooked (hot apple sauce). Let this set until cool, covered.
When dough has been cooled, add walnuts, raisins (squeezed dry), apples, pine nuts, and grated citrus rinds.
3/4 c. whiskey 2 Tbsp. anise 2 Tbsp. lemon extract or other liqueur 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
Mix ingredients listed above; add to dough when cool. Tip: add 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda last. Beat slightly and let set for a little while. I leave for 2 hours.
6 cups vegetable oil 1 cup olive oil
Mix the oils in a deep iron skillet. Heat oil to stage when the dough is dropped in it will rise to the surface quickly. Fry in hot oil size you desire-either by teaspoons or tablespoons. Roll in sugar and serve cold. Can be stored in airtight container for several weeks.
Tips: Be careful using the hot water, as sometimes your apple sauce is more juicy than other times. Use good size apples. If dough is watery, add just a little more flour. If you don't use up all the liqueur it can keep. Use it with the dough after stored if it looks dry. This dough will keep a week. Use whiskey and flavorings at your discretion. Use your own judgment about amounts.
This is my grandmother Perusovic's recipe for a cookie often made at Christmas time.
from: Catherine Arkovich, Women's Guild, St.Anthony Croatian Catholic Church, L.A., CA.
These deep-fried pastries are from the Dalmatian coastal region of what is now Croatia. Dalmatians tended to migrate to Puget Sound, California and the Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast. The pastries are variously spelled prsunate, pusharate,and purshunate and probably more. They are usually made at Christmas time. From: Dutchm@dcn.Davis.Ca.Us (Donald Ma
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