Prillicken

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 250 g low-fat curd cheese
• 180 g flour
• 50 g butter
• 70 g sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 500 g lard
• Sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

Saxony-Anhalt family recipe

Melt the lard in a small, deep saucepan. In a bowl, add the quark, butter, sugar, and eggs. Beat with a hand mixer on high for about 5 minutes until fluffy. Sift the flour and add to the foam while stirring. Sprinkle in the baking soda and beat the batter vigorously for another 5-10 minutes until smooth. Take either a teaspoon or a tablespoon of batter from the bowl, scrape off any excess from the sides with a knife, and drop the contents of the spoon into the pan with the hot lard. Turn the heat up to high! The prawns need plenty of room in the pan to fry; they need to be able to float in the fat so that they can be turned. Bake until golden brown, turning frequently so that they brown evenly all over. While they are frying, prepare a baking sheet with kitchen paper on top, as well as a shallow plate with sugar. Lift the prawns out with a slotted spoon and let them drain briefly over the pan. Then place them on the kitchen paper, let them cool, and turn them over. The paper will absorb some of the fat! Then, roll them in the sugar on a plate until they’re completely coated. With this recipe, you’ll get 15-20 prickles when scooping with a tablespoon; using a teaspoon, you’ll get about double that amount.