Frittelle is like a generic term for fried things. You can use your favorite pizza dough. I always make the recipe by memory.
This is about how it is:
Trillian’s Frittelle
2 1/2 cups of warm water
4 teaspoons of yeast
2 teaspoon of sugar
6-7 cups of unbleached flour
1- 2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
In a kitchenaid bowl mix together water, yeast and sugar. Cover and let proof for about 5 minutes in a warm place. Use a kneading hook. Add salt, olive oil and gradually add flour until dough pulls away from bowl and is not too sticky. Turn down out on floured board and knead for a few minutes. Cover and let rest and rise for 30 minutes.
Using a dough scraper, cut dough into 2 - 2 1/2 inch pieces and form into balls. Cover with towel until all are ready to roll. On a floured wooden board roll dough circles out flat (about 1/2 cm thick or so). Fill with tomato sauce and seasonings or your favorite jarred sauce (about 1 teaspoon) and mozzarella. You can fill them with whatever you want. Fold over dough and press down your your fingers closing it. I dip a fork in flour and then make marks around the edges closing it.
Some of my kids like plain ones so just rolling out the dough flat and cutting it into pieces for those. They will puff up when they fry.
When you are done, heat peanut or corn oil to 350 F and deep fry them turning once. Drain on paper towels and salt them.
Thank you very much!
It’s ironic. I spent all day online looking up calzone, turnovers, empanadas, pastellillos (sp?) that looked as good as the ones you made, and you had already posted the recipe lol!