Fried Bread & Sauce

Ingredients

Bread:

Large Batch	Small Batch
5 lbs. flour	5 c. flour
4 c. warm water	2 c. warm water
fist full of salt	1 teaspoon salt
3 yeast	2 dry yeast
oil in warm water	little oil in water

Sauce:

• Oil
• Fresh Garlic
• Celery
• Onion
• Green Pepper
• Hot Pepper,
• Optional: Usually not included
• Salt and Pepper
• Tomato Paste
• Italian Seasoning
• Pinch of baking soda
• Parsley Flakes

Directions

Bread:

1. Combine salt and flour, make a well
2. Dissolve yeast in water, add to flour
3. Knead dough until smooth
4. Pour oil on bread.
5. Let rise 30 - 45 minutes.
6. Roll out, cut into pieces, then poke pieces with fork.
7. Fry in hot oil.

Sauce:

1. Fry in oil:

   • fresh garlic
   • celery
   • onion
   • green pepper
   • hot pepper
   • salt & pepper

2. Add tomato paste and water

3. Add Italian seasoning, pinch of baking soda, and parsley flakes
4. Let simmer

Pictures

Notes

• Original Author: Angie, friend of Jean Smerklo
• Eaten On Good Friday. It is a little funny because it is so good, but it mostly flour and water.