They hail from Puglia in southern Italy and make a great after school snack, are brilliant with cheese and charcuterie and are also perfect to accompany your aperitivo! Taralli are very versatile.

Cooking taralli with children

There are lots of variants and – like with most Italian cooking – many, many different recipes and ways of making them. The following savoury one is very easy and uses just four ingredients. The kids can really get involved in making these.

Ingredients for taralli

• 225g of plain flour
• 100ml of dry white wine
• 60ml of extra virgin olive oil
• 5g of sea salt

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 190c (fan-assisted)
• Bring a large pan of water to the boil

• Mix the flour and the salt together in a bowl and then slowly add the oil whilst continuously stirring

• Slowly drizzle in the wine and stir until absorbed and it makes a nice dough

• Knead the dough (no flour required) for about 10 minutes. It should be smooth and springy

• Take a piece the size of a large grape and roll it into a sausage

• Make into a rough circle snd squeeze the ends together. Place onto a baking sheet and work your way through the rest of the dough

• Drop in your pinched circles in batches making sure they have enough room to move around

• Once they rise up to the top remove them (preferably with a slotted spoon)

• Place on kitchen roll and let dry for a couple of minutes. They’ll look a little unappetising at this point, but don’t worry!

• Lightly oil some baking parchment and put onto a baking tray and place the boiled taralli on top. Make sure they’re nicely spaced

• Bake for around 25 minutes (until lightly golden)

• Leave to cool thoroughly and then serve

Here’s a recipe from Memorie di Angelina for their sweet cousin – taralli dolce/weet taralli cookies.

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Pizzette ingredients (and equipment)

(makes 21 pizzette)

• One Jus-Rol Puff pastry ready rolled sheet
• One egg (for egg wash)
• Tomato passata 500g
• Oregano
• Salt & pepper
• Self raising flour for dusting surface
• Toppings of your choice
• Pastry brush
• Pastry cutter (or a glass) roughly 6cm diameter
• Baking parchment or foil

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200c (this is what I do for a fan oven)
2. Using the pastry cutter/glass, cut out 21 circles from the ready rolled pastry. You won’t be able to fit all 21 in one go so just re-roll the offcuts and go again

3. Place on the baking parchment/foil and onto a baking tray

4. Beat the egg and brush over each circle

5. Put the passata in a bowl and add oregano, salt and pepper to taste – you only need half a tablespoon of sauce on each disc so gauge how much passata you want to use. We do the lot and then turn the excess into a pasta sauce

6. Put half a tablespoon of the mixture in the middle of the disc leaving a border all around

7. Add your toppings (suggestions below)

8. Pop in the oven for 12-15 minutes or until the borders of the pizzette are nice and golden

9. Let them cool a little before serving

Topping suggestions

You can mix and match here. The girls like plain tomato ones, ones with a sprinkle of grated cheese and ones with sliced black olive. I add a tiny pinch of extra oregano to each of these.

If you can get hold of it, a few cubes of provolone cheese makes a great topping. A small piece of ham, an anchovy, a couple of cubes of pancetta, mushrooms…whatever you want, just don’t overload. You can even leave off with the tomato sauce and use half a teaspoon of pesto in the middle with a little cheese.

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