Cicerchiate

6 PEOPLE INGREDIENTS 250 g of flour, 100 g sugar, 125 g butter, 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons of sweet wine, 4 cups of peanut oil, 300 g of honey, half a tablespoon of ground cinnamon, 2 tablespoons colored candies, salt.

Preparation: 40 minutes cooking time: 30 minutes 60 minutes PROCEDURE: sift the flour into a pile on the countertop, formed a cavity in the Center and pour in eggs just beaten, sugar, chopped and softened butter, a pinch of salt.

Knead together the wine a little at a time.

Knead the dough until it is smooth and homogenous, reach into or ball, flour it, wrap it up in foil and let it stand for an hour in the fridge.

Flour the work surface and divide the dough into as many balls as big as a walnut.

You roll the balls on the floor until the sticks of 1/2 cm thick and cut it into pieces like a chickpea.

Fry the balls, a few at a time, in hot oil and drain with a slotted spoon when they are golden brown, then laying them on kitchen paper.

Pour the honey into a saucepan and bring it to a boil very soft focus and let it cook very slowly.

Place the cicerchiate in honey and draw them out when they are well wrapped, very well scolandole.

Place the cicerchiate on a serving platter, forming a hill, dust with cinnamon and put over the candies.

Serve the sweet when it has cooled.