How to Make Homemade Struffoli

Struffoli. Struffoli are small doughnuts coated in a honey glaze, formed into a tower-shape, and coated with nonpareil sprinkles according to Italian tradition. Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis. One such amazing authentic Italian sweet treat is the Struffoli, a Christmas dessert typical of the Campania region.

And then, one of your aunts or cousins brings out a plate of her homemade struffoli — little balls of fried dough, glazed with honey — and you find that you can. Struffoli are a Neapolitan fried balls of dough covered with honey and funfetti. If you're truly Italian you need to know the basic recipes of the Italian cuisine and the struffoli are one of this.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, struffoli. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Struffoli are small doughnuts coated in a honey glaze, formed into a tower-shape, and coated with nonpareil sprinkles according to Italian tradition. Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis. One such amazing authentic Italian sweet treat is the Struffoli, a Christmas dessert typical of the Campania region.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook struffoli using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Struffoli:

1. {Make ready 341 g of Unbleached All Purpose Flour,.
2. {Prepare 3/4 TSP of Baking Powder,.
3. {Get Pinch of Sea Salt,.
4. {Take 80 g of Unsalted Butter,.
5. {Make ready of Fresh Orange Zest, 1 Orange.
6. {Make ready 17 g of Demerara Sugar,.
7. {Take 16 g of Light Muscovado Sugar,.
8. {Make ready 3 TBSP of Cointreau,.
9. {Take 3 of Eggs,.
10. {Prepare of Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, For Frying.
11. {Get 200 g of Pure Honey,.
12. {Take 1 Handful of Almond Flakes,.
13. {Make ready of Sprinkles, For Garnishing.
14. {Make ready of Maraschino Cherries, For Garnishing.

Scopri la Ricetta Struffoli originali e segreti per Struffoli morbidi e golosi come in pasticceria! Gli Struffoli sono un dolce Natalizio tipico napoletano che nel mese di dicembre spopola in ogni casa e. Italain hand rolled struffoli the way Grandma used to make! Delicious honey glazed crispy fried dough.

Steps to make Struffoli:

1. In a large bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine well. Melt butter in a sauce pot. After melting, weigh again. If the weight is lesser than 80g, add some canola or peanut oil..
2. Infuse the melted butter with orange zest. Set aside to cool down slightly. Add the butter mixture into the flour mixture. Add in sugar and Cointreau..
3. Stir to combine well with a fork. It should resemble wet sand consistency. Add in eggs, combining 1 at a time. Use a spatula to combine well. Once it comes together into a dough, knead lightly inside the bowl to pick up all the nooks and crannies..
4. Form into a ball. Cover with a damp lint-free towel. Set aside to rest for 30 mins..
5. Pinch a small dough and roll it into a long log with a small diameter of about 1/4 inch. Slice into 1/4 inch pieces. Roll each piece into small balls and set aside..
6. Repeat the process for the remaining dough. *Cover all the dough with damp lint-free towels to prevent from drying out.* In a dutch oven over medium heat, add about 2 inches of oil. *You can check the temperature of the oil by inserting a wooden chopstick into the oil. If bubbles start forming around the chopstick, the oil is ready for frying.*.
7. Gently drop the dough balls into the oil. Using a spatula or a chopstick to gently move the dough balls around. This is to prevent them from sticking to one another. Do not crowd the dutch oven. Fry in small batches..
8. Fry until golden brown on all sides. Remove the dough balls using a spider. Set aside on a plate lined with kitchen paper to drain off excess oil. Repeat the process for the remaining dough balls..
9. Set aside to cool down slightly for about an hour. In a sauce pot over medium heat, add honey. Once bubbles start to form around the edges and the honey becomes runny water-like, add in the fried dough balls..
10. Using a spatula, mix to coat the dough balls well with the hot honey. Add in almond flakes and mix to combine well. Once almost all the honey has evaporated, remove the mixture onto a cake stand or a serving plate..
11. Using a spatula to shape into a wreath shape. It should be sticky enuff to hold it's shape. Careful as it is still extremely hot. Scatter some more almond flakes and sprinkles over the top. Garnish with some cherries. Set aside for at least 2 hrs before serving..

Struffoli is a Neapolitan dessert consisting of small, deep-fried balls of dough that are soaked in Traditionally, struffoli is prepared at Christmastime, so they are sometimes served piled on a plate in. Gli struffoli sono un tipico dolce della tradizione napoletana e la sua ricetta è preparata in varie regioni d'Italia. Pare che l'origine degli struffoli, come ci suggerisce il nome, sia greca. Gli struffoli sono dei tipici dolci natalizi della cucina napoletana. These little Neopolitan dough balls are fried quickly to give them a light, delicious cake inside and crunchy outside layer, and then covered in honey and powdered sugar.

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