Honey Drenched Christmas Fritters: Struffoli

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Total Time:
1 hr 30 min
Prep
50 min
Cook
40 min
Yield:
10 servings
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Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 6 eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced, plus 1 lemon, zested
  • 1 orange, zested
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon limoncello
  • 4 cups canola or peanut oil, for frying
  • 2 cups honey
  • Powdered sugar, for dusting

Directions

In a mixing bowl, place flour, eggs, yolk, zest of 1 lemon, orange zest, salt, and limoncello and mix well to form a firm dough, 8 to 10 minutes. Place in the refrigerator and allow to rest 30 minutes.

Remove from the refrigerator and cut golf ball-sized pieces of dough from the main batch. Roll each ball into a 1/2-inch thick dowel (rope) and cut each dowel into 1/2-inch pieces. Roll each piece into a ball and continue until finished with all dough.

In a 12 to 14-inch skillet with at least 3-inch sides, heat the oil to 375 degrees F. Drop enough balls in to cover about half of the surface of frying oil and cook until dark golden brown. Use a slotted spoon to turn them regularly, and expect them to puff up while cooking. As they finish, remove them to a tray covered with paper towels, and drain well. This should take at least 5 batches.

When all of the struffoli are cooked, heat the honey, lemon juice, and zest together in a wide 6 to 8 quart saucepan until quite warm, about 150 degrees F, and substantially thinner. Add struffoli to honey and stir carefully until well coated. Remove from heat and allow to cool 5 minutes in the pan, stirring regularly. Pour out into a large serving tray in the form of either a pyramid or a ring mold. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

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  • on December 23, 2012

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    Same problem as someone else- I was using his holiday book recipe and the eggs/egg yolks are backwards! I could not understand why the dough was so dry! Thankfully came on here and figured it out.

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  • on December 20, 2012

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    Citrus Flavor was insanely delicious. But I have to say, they were not as crispy as I would like.

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  • on December 14, 2012

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    Just want to note that the recipe in Mario's Holiday Food Cookbook for Struffoli calls for 6 egg yolks and 1 egg. Wondering why my dough was a mess, I went on-line and found that it's 6 eggs and 1 yolk! Here's hoping my second attempt is better.

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