Title: Hrstule (Pronounced Hurst'-Uh-Lay)
Categories: Croatian Holiday Pastry Doughnuts
Yield: 4 Servings

4		Eggs
4		Half eggshells of sugar
3/4	ts	Salt
3	c	Flour (all purpose)
4	tb	Olive oil
1	ts	Vanilla extract
3	tb	Brandy
		Anise flavoring to taste.
		Olive oil for deep frying

Break eggs into bowl, reserving one eggshell half (fat end) with which to measure sugar. Add rest of ingredients and mix into a consistent dough. Have ready a floured board or marble. Take a small portion at a time and roll out until the dough is thin enough to read newspaper headlines through it. Take a ravioli cutting wheel and cut strips 1 inch wide and 9 inches long. Tie strips into an overhand knot (like a pretzel) and deep fry a few at a time. Don't let the olive oil heat to smoking. Fry to a light yellow-tan; don't brown. Let cool. Sprinkle with sugar.

This should be enough for the usual large family Christmas gathering.

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.

Sretan Bozic (Merry Christmas) D.A.Martinich From: Dutchm@dcn.Davis.Ca.Us (Donald Ma

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