My grandma Victoria Ferraro Colenzo was born in from Rome, Italy. My mom's side of the family, all came from Bari, Italy. They both carried on a traditional wine cookie that we called black pepper cookies.
The basics of the recipe below is a little cookie made with white wine, no sugar and is like a peppery bread stick. My mom kept them around all the time. I love to make a double batch, they freeze well and don't tell anyone but they taste great right from the freezer!
Black Pepper Cookies
ingredients:
instructions:
Use equal amounts of vegetable canola or combination with olive oil
white wine(Chablis or pinot grigio) heated together until warm .....
(approximately 1 - 1/4 cups total of each)
about 4 cups of flour (extra needed for rolling out later)
add of 1/2 teaspoon black pepper or more to taste if you like spicy add more,
1 to 2 teaspoons of anise seeds
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix all together until ball forms and not sticky, add more flour if necessary
roll and cut desired lengths in sticks or make circles, put on greased baking sheet and
Bake at 400 degree preheated oven, until lightly browned.
In memory of the late Margaret Ann Fanelli Colenzo
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I am making these right now! The smell awesome!
ReplyDeleteI am making these right now! The smell awesome!
ReplyDeleteYummy!
ReplyDeleteThanks @SteveBerke my brother and sisterinlaw live in Stuart will come visit some time! sounds like my kind of stomping grounds .. thanks for the kind words Cheers!
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