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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Food in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Virtual Tour of Exhibition Getty Center October 13, 2015–January 3, 2016 http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/eat_drink/

Taralli Pugliesi

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Reproduced from: https://tavolamediterranea.com/2019/08/09/bread-for-the-gods-taralli/ Farrell Monaco,Archaeologist Ingredients: 4 Cups Whole Wheat Flour 1 1/4 Cup Water 1/3 Cup Olive Oil 1/3 Cup White Wine 2 tsp Salt 1 tbsp Fennel Seeds Preparation:     1. Preheat your oven to 400 F / 200 C / Gas Mark 6     2. Mix all of the ingredients above together in a large mixing bowl and knead the wet and dry ingredients together until you have a cohesive ball of dough. You should end up with approximately 1 kg of dough. You may also do this on a cutting board or a clean surface. Let the dough stand for 30 minutes to bind.     3. Cut the dough into 1/4 sections. On a clean surface or a cutting board, place 1/4 of the dough. There’s no need to dust your work surface as the dough contains enough oil to keep it from sticking to the board.     4. Begin to roll each piece of dough slowly, back and forth, until you extend the dough outwards to your left and right. You are aiming t