Verguny (Ukrainian Fried Pastry Twists)

Ingredients

• Wheat flour, all-purpose 300 g
• Eggs 2 large (100 g)
• Sour cream (20%) 100 g
• Sugar 2 tbsp (25 g)
• Butter, melted 25 g
• Salt a pinch (1 g)
• Vanilla extract 1 tsp
• Sunflower oil, for deep-frying 1 l
• Powdered sugar, for dusting 40 g

Instructions

1. 1

   Beat the eggs with the sugar, salt and vanilla, then stir in the sour cream and the melted butter.

2. 2

   Add the flour gradually and knead into a firm, smooth, non-sticky dough; wrap it and rest it for 30 minutes.

3. 3

   Roll the dough out as thinly as possible, 1-2 mm, and cut it into strips about 4 x 10 cm.

4. 4

   Cut a 3 cm slit in the middle of each strip, pass one end through the slit and pull gently to make a twist.

5. 5

   Heat the oil in a deep pan to 175C and fry the twists a few at a time for 1-2 minutes, turning once, until light golden.

6. 6

   Lift them out with a slotted spoon onto paper towels to drain.

7. 7

   Dust the cooled verguny generously with powdered sugar before serving.