Struffoli
From dora 17 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This is the most typical Neapolitan Christmas dessert dish, in Naples is not Christmas if you don’t have your share of struffoli. I think the reason why they are made only at Christmas is that you don’t really want to spend all that time making struffoli more than once a year. Read more I made them in USA for the first time last Christmas and I wish I never did, all the friends that tried them asked me to make some more, I ended up making struffoli for three days in a row!!!! See less
Ingredients
- For the dough: shopping list
- 4 cups of multipurpose flour (600 grams) shopping list
- 4 whole eggs and one egg yolk shopping list
- 2 tablespoons of sugar shopping list
- 6 tablespoons of butter (80 grams) shopping list
- half a glass of rhum (white wine is ok too) shopping list
- the zest of half a lemmon, grated shopping list
- a pinch of salt shopping list
- oil to fry (vegetable oil is great (soybean) but also peanuts oil or olive oil are very good, Crisco is ok if you don’t care about the trans fats) shopping list
- For dressing: shopping list
- 7 oz of sugar (200 grams) shopping list
- 7 oz of honey (200 grams) shopping list
- For the decoration: shopping list
- color snowflake decors shopping list
- powder sugar shopping list
How to make it
- Mix together the ingredients for the dough (except the oil to fry) to obtain a dough. (I have the dough blade in my food processor and that’s what I use but you can knead the dough by hand)
- If the mixture is too dry and doesn’t stick together just add milk (a tablespoon at the time)
- Once you have reached the right consistency (like pie crust dough) put the dough in a cling wrap foil and let it rest for half an hour
- Divide the dough in balls of the size of an orange
- Roll each ball on a wood surface on which you have springled flour, to obtain long strings of dough as shown in the pictures
- Cut the string to obtain little balls of the size of a peas
- Fry the dough balls a few at the time and let them rest on paper to absorb the excess oil
- One all the balls (called struffoli) are fried, in a tall pan mix honey and sugar together and let the sugar melt while you continue stirring with a wood spoon.
- Once the honey and sugar have turned liquid turn the fire off and pour the struffoli in the pan, mix vigorousely.
- Pour the hot mixture on a plate and with your wet hands give them the shape of a big donut as shown in the picture
- Sprinkle the powder sugar and sugar decoration on top
- Serve cold
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Reviewed by 2 people-
Ah, 'The family production line', or (Acts of Tradition)...lol Being of Hispanic decent we too do a family production every December around Christmas time with our "Tamales" make em' and share them with family/friends. Good Post.
turtle66
in Sacramento loved it
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i would have to call my friends over to help make this one. thanks for sharing.
choclytcandy
in Dallas loved it
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