Tortas Fritas (Argentine Fried Breakfast Bread)

Ingredients

• •400 g all-purpose flour
• •1 tsp salt
• •80 g lard
• •200 ml warm water
• •500 ml neutral oil, for frying

Directions

1. 1Melt the lard and stir it into the flour and salt.
2. 2Add the warm water gradually and bring together into a soft, smooth dough.
3. 3Rest twenty minutes under a cloth.
4. 4Divide into eight pieces, roll each into a round, and poke a hole through the centre.
5. 5Heat the oil to 180C.
6. 6Fry three minutes a side until puffed and deep golden, then drain and dust with sugar.

💡 The hole in the middle is not decoration. It stops the centre staying raw while the outside browns.

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