Recipe of Homemade Struffoli

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, struffoli. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Struffoli is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Struffoli is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

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.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook struffoli using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Struffoli:

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

Gli Struffoli sono un dolce Natalizio tipico napoletano che nel mese di dicembre spopola in ogni casa e. 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. Struffoli can be found throughout southern Italy, with many names and varieties, including Struffoli consist of dough balls that are fried until crispy, drenched in honey, and decorated with colorful.

Instructions 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.

If you're truly Italian you need to know the basic recipes of the Italian cuisine and the struffoli are one of this. Struffoli can be found throughout southern Italy, with many names and varieties, including Struffoli consist of dough balls that are fried until crispy, drenched in honey, and decorated with colorful. Gli struffoli sono dei tipici dolci natalizi della cucina napoletana. Set all of the struffoli aside to cool. To serve, pile the struffoli onto a serving platter and drizzle over the sauce.

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