frappe (alla romana)

/FRAHP-peh (ahl-lah roh-MAH-nah)/
[Italian]

"Rags." Strips of sweet pastry batter tied in loose knots, fried to a crackly pale gold in olive oil and dusted with icing sugar. There are served during Carneval prior to Lent. In Lazio they are piled into pyramids.

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