Angel's Wings - Ukrainian fried pastries with black cardamom

Name: Angel's Wings - Ukrainian fried pastries with black cardamom
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 250g (8oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting; pinch of bicarbonate of soda; 50g (2oz) butter, cubed and chilled; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; 25g (1oz) caster sugar; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 50g (2oz) soured cream; 1 tbsp vodka; pinch of salt; 250ml (9fl oz) sunflower oil; 50g (2oz) icing sugar, sifted; 5 black cardamom pods, crushed and seeds extracted, then ground into a powder; dulce de leche or chocolate sauce, to serve

Recipe by: Darina Allen

These are Ukrainian ‘angel wing’ pastry crisps. Originally, they used to be fried in lard (think of Portuguese pastel de nata lard pastry). I add some ground black cardamom seeds to the sugar, but feel free to use vanilla sugar instead.