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Struffoli - - Neapolitan Christmas Treats Recipe


Struffoli - - Neapolitan Christmas Treats Recipe
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Old Christmas recipe in our home an absolute requirement at the end of a Neapolitan Christmas day dinner the holiday would not be the same

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  • Struffoli - - Neapolitan Christmas Treats
  • Struffoli are (they're always referred to in the plural) now an absolute requirement at the end of a Neapolitan Christmas day dinner. However, in introducing them in La Cucina Napoletana, CarĂ²la Francesconi says their inclusion is relatively recent -- Crisci mentions them several times in the book he wrote in 1634, but doesn't include them in his Christmas menu. To make a batch you will need:
  • INGREDIENTS:
  • ** For the dough **
  • 4 cups (400 g) flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
  • A chunk of butter the size of a small walnut
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • The zest of a half a lemon, grated
  • The zest of half an orange, grated
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pot full of olive oil for frying
  • ** For the seasoning (for want of a better term) **
  • 3/4 pound (300 g) honey
  • 3/4 cup (150 g) sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
  • 4 candied cherries, halved
  • 2 ounces (50 g) candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
  • 2 ounces (50 g) candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips
  • 2 ounces (50 g) candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

Directions
  1. PREPARATION:
  2. Continuing with the introduction, the recipe for struffoli is quite old, as is indicated by the presence of variations throughout the Mediterranean Basin -- Ms. Francesconi mentions the Lukumates of the Greeks, and there are also the Precipizi Italian Jews make for Hanukkah.
  3. The recipe:
  4. Combine the ingredients for the dough to make a workable dough, knead it well, and let it sit for at least an hour, covered.

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