CHURCH CONFERENCE - TRADITION
"Who holds the Kirwa? We have the Kirwa!" There's no question that the people of Upper Palatinate would be unthinkable without their festivals.
If you're in the area during the summer, you should definitely keep your eyes open, because from spring to fall, hardly a weekend goes by without some place celebrating a Kirchweih (church fair) or Kirwa (as it's called in Upper Palatinate). Usually on the anniversary of the church's consecration or on the name day of the church's patron saint.
Those who don't have their own church fair simply celebrate the "Landkirwa" or "Allerweltskirwa" on the third Sunday in October.
Sift the flour into a bowl and make a well. Crumble the yeast into the well and knead it with 1 tablespoon of sugar and a little milk until you have a soft dough. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and let the dough rise at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
Beat eggs, butter and sugar until fluffy and add to the yeast dough.
Finally, add the arrack, salt, grated nutmeg, lemon zest, and vanilla oil. Form the finished dough into balls or cut out round cookies with a glass. Place on a floured surface, cover with a cloth, and let rise again.
After the balls have risen, stretch out the dough (very thin inside and a nice edge on the outside) and place it in hot clarified butter at 180 degrees. Pour over the shortening and carefully turn over. Bake until golden brown. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.
For the Kirwa, Küchel (in Upper Palatinate: Auszogne Köichln) are traditionally baked.
For this you need:
2.5 kg flour
500g sugar
500g butter
10 eggs
220g fresh yeast
Milk (optional)
1 tbsp salt
4 tbsp arrack
some grated nutmeg
1 lemon, including peel
1 bottle of vanilla oil
clarified butter
