Chocolate Orange Zeppole
From stacip 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 6
These golden puffy airy little delights are good all on their own...add the chocolate and you've got a slice of heaven! You'd never know how easy they are to make. If you prefer not to have the orange flavor, they're great without it as well.
Ingredients
- orange Zeppole: shopping list
- 1 stick butter shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1/2 cup water shopping list
- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange zest shopping list
- vegetable oil, for frying shopping list
- orange Sugar: shopping list
- 1 tablespoon orange zest shopping list
- 1/2 cup sugar shopping list
- chocolate Sauce: shopping list
- 3/4 cup cream shopping list
- 1 cup (8 ounces) bittersweet chocolate chips shopping list
How to make it
- For the Orange Zeppole: In a medium saucepan combine the butter, salt, sugar, and water over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil.
- Take the pan off the heat and stir in the flour.
- Return the pan to low heat and stir continuously until the mixture forms a ball, about 4 minutes.
- Transfer to a medium bowl.
- Using an electric hand mixer on low speed, add eggs, 1 at a time, incorporating each egg completely before adding the next. Add the orange zest and beat until smooth.
- Set aside.
- For the Orange Sugar: Place the orange zest and sugar in a food processor. Pulse the machine until the mixture is blended. Set the sugar into a wide and shallow dish. Set
- aside.
- Pour enough oil into a large frying pan to reach a depth of 2 inches.
- Heat the oil over medium heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350 degrees F.
- Using a small ice-cream scoop or 2 small spoons, carefully drop about a tablespoon of the dough into the hot oil.
- Turn the zeppole once or twice, cooking until golden and puffed up, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer the cooked zeppole to the dish with the Orange Sugar.
- Roll to coat in the sugar.
- Continue frying the remaining dough.
- For the Chocolate Sauce: Heat the cream in a small saucepan until hot but not boiling.
- Pour cream over the chocolate and stir until the mixture is smooth. Transfer the Chocolate Sauce into a dipping dish.
- Serve the zeppole alongside the Chocolate Sauce for dipping.
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These look decadent! Great post.
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My little (4'8") Italian grandmother used to makes these sans orange, thanks for the recipe, and memory...
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Damn...looks great! very good post!
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