Struffoli
Struffoli

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, struffoli. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Struffoli is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Struffoli is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Struffoli Italian Honey Balls are very small crunchy dough balls mixed with honey and decorated. So delicious, the perfect Christmas or Easter Holiday dessert. Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis.

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

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

These little Neopolitan dough balls are fried quickly to give them a light, delicious cake inside and crunchy outside layer, and then covered in honey and powdered sugar. Struffoli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈstruffoli]; Neapolitan: struffule [ˈstrufːulə]) is a Neapolitan dish made of deep fried balls of dough about the size. Gli struffoli sono dei tipici dolci natalizi della cucina napoletana. Gli struffoli sono un tipico dolce della tradizione napoletana e la sua ricetta è preparata in varie regioni d'Italia.

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.

Pare che l'origine degli struffoli, come ci suggerisce il nome, sia greca. This is Giada's recipe and is very good. Struffoli : Giada de Laurentiis makes this festive Italian dessert with her family every year for the holidays. 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.

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