Loures Orange Filhós — Municipal Recipe
Loures Municipal Journal published this Carnival filhó from the municipality's food memories: flour, orange, aguardente, lard and eggs, rested before shaping and frying. The page itself contains a practical discrepancy: its list calls for lard for frying, while the method specifies olive oil at 180°C. Both instructions are documented rather than silently choosing one.
- Yields
- Yield and fritter size not stated
- Prep
- About 30 min resting, plus unstated kneading and shaping time
- Cook
- Not stated by the source
Ingredients
- 500 g / 17.6 oz Wheat flour
- 1; use the juice Large, ripe, juicy orange
- 1 small glass; capacity not stated Aguardente
- 1 tbsp Lard for the dough
- 2 Whole eggs
- Quantity not stated Sugar for dusting
- Quantity not stated Ground cinnamon for dusting
- Quantity not stated in the list; the method specifies olive oil instead Lard for frying
- Quantity not stated Olive oil for frying, according to the method
Method
Make a well in the 500 g flour. Add the orange juice, small glass of aguardente, tablespoon of lard and two whole eggs.
Knead until the dough blisters, then work it thoroughly until firm enough to shape. The source gives neither a duration nor another test for readiness.
Cover the dough closely with a large bowl so the surface does not form a skin, and leave it to rest for about half an hour.
Take small portions and flatten them between your hands. The source gives no weight, thickness or diameter for each filhó.
The method says to fry in olive oil at 180°C / 355°F, but the ingredient list calls for lard for frying. Use the recipe only with that discrepancy made explicit; neither fat quantity nor time per side is published.
Arrange the fritters in layers on a platter and dust each layer with sugar mixed with cinnamon. No coating proportions are stated.
Sources for this recipe
The quantities and method were checked against the references below. Family recipes may vary; where no single official formula exists, we present a representative practical version and say so plainly.
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