Pishki Elephants Ear Recipes

ELEPHANT EARS

Steps:

• In small saucepan over medium heat, combine milk, salt, 2 tablespoons sugar and shortening. Heat until shortening melts and sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm, 110 degrees F (43 degrees C). Sprinkle in yeast and let sit until foamy.
• Transfer mixture to large bowl, and stir in flour to make a dough. Knead until smooth, cover and let rise 30 minutes.
• In a large heavy skillet or deep fryer, heat 1 inch of oil to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Roll out 1 to 2 inch balls of dough into thin sheets. Fry sheets 1 to 2 minutes on a side, until puffed and golden. Drain on paper towels.
• Combine cinnamon and 6 tablespoons sugar. Sprinkle over warm pastries. Serve.

PISHKI - (ELEPHANT'S EAR)

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, mix together sour cream, eggs, melted butter, salt, sugar and baking powder.
• Add flour in small amounts, mixing well after each addition to make a soft dough.
• Add additional flour if dough is too sticky.
• On a lightly floured surface, knead dough about 12 times until dough is smooth.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough out to 1/8" thickness.
• Cut dough into 4" x 4" squares, then cut diagonally to form triangles.
• Using a sharp knife, slit each triangle of dough in several places.
• In a frying pan, add olive oil and heat to medium-high heat.
• Add dough triangles and fry until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• Remove from oil onto paper towels to absorb excess oil.
• Serve hot with your choice of jam or dust lightly with icing sugar.
• You may also bake the triangles on a lightly buttered griddle until lightly browned on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes.
• Brush with melted butter when baked and serve with your choice of dips.

GOSH I FIL- ELEPHANT'S EAR

Steps:

• Beat eggs, then add and beat together salt, sugar, oil and milk.
• Add sifted flour to beaten mixture, turn out on lightly floured board and knead for 10 minutes until smooth.
• (Add a little water if necessary).
• Roll out small sections of dough to paper thin circles or squares.
• For ears, pleat in one side of a circular piece- for bows pleat in the center of a rectangular piece.
• (You can make these up to a foot in diameter- whatever your pan will accommodate.) Heat fat in a large shallow pan, and fry ears a few at a time until lightly brown, turning once.
• Remove from fat and drain.
• Pour dribbles of syrup over pastry and dust at once with generous amounts of powdered sugar, cardamom and pistachio.

ELEPHANT EARS

Steps:

• Heat milk with butter until butter melts.
• Set aside to cool to lukewarm.
• Stir yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar into warm water and let stand until foamy, about 5 to 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine milk and yeast mixtures with 2 1/2 cups flour, salt, and nutmeg.
• Stir until smooth.
• Cover and let stand until bubbly, 30 minutes.
• Stir in beaten eggs, then add additional flour to make a soft but not sticky dough.
• Turn dough onto a floured board and knead until smooth, supple, and elastic, about 8 minutes.
• Return dough to bowl, cover, and let rise in a warm spot until dough is doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch down and divide into 4 pieces.
• Divide each piece into 4 or 5 pieces.
• Put several inches of oil in a large, deep pan such as a chicken fryer or heavy dutch oven.
• Heat to about 360 degrees F.
• Work each ball of dough with the hands, shaping into a large disk, about 10 inches long and 6 inches wide.
• Fry one at a time, turning once, until nicely browned.
• Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with confectioner's sugar or cinnamon sugar while hot.
• Serve at once.

EASY ELEPHANT EARS

Steps:

• Mix sugar and cinnamon together and set aside. If a shaker is available it works great for this.
• Heat oil in a large skillet to about 1 inch and about 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
• If drop of water sizzles when dropped into the oil it is hot enough.
• Open biscuits and flatten carefully as large as you can get them without breaking. It is sometimes easier to stretch them in your hands like pizza dough rather than rolling out on the counter.
• Place 1 at a time in hot oil; watch carefully and turn when the bottom starts to brown lightly.
• When both top and bottom are the same color, remove from oil to paper towels.
• Immediately brush both sides with melted butter with pastry brush, and sprinkle each side liberally with cinnamon sugar.
• Eat immediately.