TARALLI

Place in the bowl of your mixer 1/2 cup of water , 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar ,1/2 cup of olive oil , 7 gm of yeast and 1/2 tsp of salt . Mix well . Add 565 gm of plain flour and 28gm of fennel seeds . Mix until all ingredients are combined . Pull off a chunk of the dough and roll it into a 6" stick and a little less than 1/2 " thick. Repeat this process with the remaining pasta dough . Let the taralli rest for 20 minutes , covered with a cloth . Lightly spray both sides of the taralli with cooking spray . Boil a pot of salted water and add a few taralli at a time . The taralli will rise when ready to be removed from the pan . Place them on a white cloth to dry .... (a white cloth is a traditional thing ). Preheat your oven to 200 deg C . After you have boiled all your taralli, place all the taralli on a flat lined baking tray and bake them for 35 minutes in a well heated oven . Keep an eye on the taralli as all ovens have their own personality . Turn the taralli mid way through the baking so they cook evenly on both sides . Enjoy ......these are the best little baked pasta treats ...