Today I will take you all to Sicily, once again! Sicilian street food is among the best food in the whole world. Besides, you can find everything: desserts, snacks, savoury treats and even pasta in street food form! I am not joking, it is that awesome. I would actually go as far as to say that Sicilians have made their street food into a form of art! One of the sweet items I like the most is what is known as “Iris” – a fried bun traditionally filled with sweetened ricotta and dusted with icing sugar. I will share the classic recipe soon as well, but today I will show you how to make a baked version filled with Nutella. The bun dough is really forgiving and versatile as it can be used for both sweet and savoury buns. I personally love it and use this recipe a lot. My kids really like these Baked Nutella Iris and I hope you will like them too!
Baked Nutella Iris
Baked Nutella Iris - a Sicilian baked bun filled with Nutella and dusted with icing sugar.
Ingredients
- 500 gms – 4 cups flour
- 250 ml – 1 cup lukewarm water
- 50 gms – 1.75 oz. lard
- 50 gms – 1.75 oz. sugar
- 10 gms – 2 tsp salt
- 7 gms – 2 ½ tsp active dry yeast
- Nutella as needed
- Milk to brush
Instructions
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Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm water together with 1 tbsp of the sugar. Set it aside to activate.
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In the meantime, put the remaining sugar, flour, salt and lard in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a dough hook. Once the yeast and water mixture has become frothy, add it to the bowl. Knead well until you obtain a smooth and pliable dough.
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Divide the dough in 12 balls. Flatten them with a rolling pin. Place some Nutella in the centre of the dough circle. Then gather the edges and seal your bun. Put it upside down on a baking tray covered with baking paper.
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Bake in a pre heated oven at 200°C – 390°F for 10 minutes, or until golden brown.
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Let the buns cool down completely, then dust with icing sugar and serve.
These look incredible! I love anything nutella too so this recipe is perfect.
can you use anything else instead of lard?
You can substitute it with the same amount of softened butter. 🙂
Thank looking forward to making them at the weekend 🙂
Hi,
do you have a recipe for minestrone soup?
Thanks
Hi Ed! Yes, it’s here: http://www.manusmenu.com/minestrone 🙂
Thank you so munch
Hello,
What type of flour do you need to use? Is it just plain?
Also if you don’t have a electric whisk with dough hook can you just use an electric whisk?
Hi Uma
I use plain flour for this recipe. The dough will be too hard for a whisk, but if you do not have a hook, you can knead it by hand. It’s sort of like pizza/bread dough. 🙂
Thank you very much. Looks good. Going to try this today.
Thanks for posting 🙂
I’m from Sicilia and that’s not an Iris. That’s a panzerotto. The difference between the two is that one is baked and one is fried. Iris’ are meant to be fried.
Dear Stefanie
I know. That’s why I called them “baked Iris” and not just Iris. The dough is the one used to make Iris.
Manu, these are so beautiful, I finally bought two big jars of Nutella so I can make them. Thank you for posting the recipe. Will you post the recipe for ricotta iris? Would the dough be the same? I have fresh ricotta and I would love to try them too. Thank you again, I’ll make the iris soon and I’ll be back with my thoughts.