Struffoli
Struffoli

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This is a traditional Italian dish, which is served at Easter and Christmas. Small balls of honey-enriched dough is deep fried and then scattered with pine nuts and sugar sprinkles. Using a large spoon or damp hands, arrange the struffoli and hazelnuts around the glass to form a wreath shape. Drizzle any remaining honey mixture over the struffoli.

Struffoli is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Struffoli is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

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

Struffoli, or tiny balls of crisp-fried dough, are either shaped like a wreath or piled into a pyramid. They're topped with a honey glaze and colorful candy sprinkles or candied fruit. The treat is now an absolute requirement at the end of a traditional Neapolitan Christmas Day dinner. Dip the struffoli in the honey mixture and arrange them on a serving plate in the shape of a dome with the help of your hands (dampen your hands slightly to prevent the honey from sticking and breaking the struffoli).

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.

The treat is now an absolute requirement at the end of a traditional Neapolitan Christmas Day dinner. Dip the struffoli in the honey mixture and arrange them on a serving plate in the shape of a dome with the help of your hands (dampen your hands slightly to prevent the honey from sticking and breaking the struffoli). Once the dome is formed add more hot honey to cover your struffoli. Add the funfetti, the candied citron and the orange peel Discover more about this region's cuisine: Discover. Struffoli are little balls of dough in a honey/sugar glaze, with nonpareil sprinkles.

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