Zeppole
serves 4-6
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/4 cup sugar plus 1/2 cup for coating
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup all purpose flour
4 eggs
1 tbs orange zest
vegetable oil for frying
1 tsp cinnamon
in a medium saucepan, combine butter, sugar, salt and 1/2 cup water. bring to a boil over medium heat. take the pan off the heat and stir in the flour. return to low heat and cook, stirring vigorously until the mixture forms a ball. transfer the dough to a medium bowl and using an electric mixer, beat in eggs one at a time. add orange zest and set aside. in a small bowl, combine cinnamon with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and set aside.
pour enough oil into a frying pan to reach a depth of 2-inches. heat the oil over medium heat until it reaches 350 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
using a small ice cream scoop, carefully drop small tablespoons of dough into the hot oil. fry several at a time but be careful not to crowd the pan. turn zeppole with a wooden skewer to evenly brown both sides and cook until golden and puffed, about 5 minutes. roll cooked zeppole in cinnamon sugar and serve immediately plain or with melted chocolate for dipping. enjoy!
7 comments:
wow so beautiful and looks and sounds amazingly delicious !!
xx
Eliza
These are just delightful! You know, I grew up in Italian-American-dominant RI and zeppole for us meant large puffy pastries filled with cream. Now I'm wonderful how both of these treats have come to be called zeppole.
Meant to type "wondering" instead of "wonderful." Whoops.
If you get snowed in, it's only fair you get to make yourself some fried dough.
Because really, is there anything better? These look scrumptious!
this is my absolute favorite image of yours. so beautiful
and i'm so craving zeppoles right now.
love them ^^!!! XOXO
I believe I need to try these!!
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