Venezuelan tequeños with garlic sauce

Ingredients

• For the dough: 500 g all-purpose flour
• 50 g butter, room temperature
• 5 g instant yeast
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 5.5 g salt
• 125 g warm water or milk
• Mozzarella, cut in thick sticks
• Oil, for frying
• Garlic-cilantro sauce, for dipping

Instructions

1. Mix the flour, yeast and sugar, then the salt. Add the butter and warm water, and knead 8–10 minutes into a smooth dough.
2. Cover and rest 20–30 minutes.
3. Roll the dough thin and cut strips about 2 cm wide.
4. Wrap each cheese stick in a spiral of dough, sealing the ends completely so no cheese escapes.
5. Fry in medium-hot oil until golden and crisp, and drain on paper.
6. Serve hot, with garlic sauce, while the cheese still stretches.