ZEPPOLE | ITALIAN DOUGHNUTS | STARTUP COOKING
Zeppola or Zeppole, sometimes called frittelle is an italian pastry made with flour, butter, milk, sugar and salt.
Zeppole is generally a deep fried doughnuts. These fritter is usually dust with confectioner sugar and the consistency will be light, puffy, melt in your mouth center. These italian doughnuts are simple to make and easy to prepare in minutes. Taste was absolutely delicious.
Zeppole are known by other names, including bigne di San Giuseppe in Rome, St. Joseph’s day cake and Sfinge. Zeppole are traditionally consumed during the Festa di San Giuseppe (saint Joseph’s day) celebrated every March 19. (referred in wikipedia)
These are tasty and a perfect evening snack option and a great choice for family get together, picnics, and enjoy in the pot luck, kids parties, office parties etc., Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Zeppole recipe. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.
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RECIPE FOR ZEPPOLE – ITALIAN DOUGHNUTS
Coarse : Dessert
Cuisine : Italian
Author : Jayashree Karthik
Prep Time : 10 min
Cook Time : 25 min
Total Time : 35 min
INGREDIENTS
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- 1 stick unsalted butter (8 tbsp)
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 4 eggs – at room temperature
- oil for fry – vegetable oil or peanut oil
- 1/4 cup confectioners sugar – to dust
PROCEDURE
- in a sauce pan, add water, milk, unsalted butter, granulated sugar and salt
- mix well and cook on medium flame and stir frequently
- butter will slowly starts to melt down
- once butter melted thoroughly, add all purpose flour and combine well with wooden spoon
- now cook on very low flame and stir constantly for another 2 minutes to release the extra moisture
- now the dough will be partially cooked and it will form a soft and smooth dough, then switch off the flame
- Immediately transfer the dough in to the mixing bowl and allowed the dough to cool at room temperature
- once the dough slightly cools down, add 4 eggs at a time
- using electric mixer, beat the eggs for 2 minutes
- scrap down the sides, beat again for another 1 minute or until it forms a thick paste
- heat vegetable oil in the wok (i used peanut oil)
- scoop out the dough and gently drop the balls in hot oil and fry in low medium flame for 2 minutes
- flip over to other side and cook evenly for another 2-3 minutes
- doughnuts turn light golden brown, once the oil oozes out completely, remove the doughnuts from oil and place it on paper towel to remove excess oil
- continue to make all the doughnuts with the remaining dough in batches
- dust with confectioner sugar
- serve warm
NOTES
- drain the excess oil in the paper towel before dusting with confectioner sugar
- you can also use peanut oil and canola oil
- if you have deep fryer, set the oil to 375 degree F and fry the doughnuts
- dont crowd the doughnuts in oil, otherwise it won’t fry properly
- you can use cinnamon powder for dusting, which gives excellent flavor
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Zeppole With Step By Step Photo Recipe
take water in a sauce pan
add milk, unsalted butter, granulated sugar and salt, cook on
low medium flame
butter melted completely
add all purpose flour
combine well with the butter and cook on low flame until it forms a thick dough
it becomes soft and smooth dough, now switch off the flame
transfer the dough into large mixing bowl,
cool down to room temperature
by using electric mixer, beat the dough for 30 seconds
add 4 eggs
beat the eggs for 1 minute
scrape down the sides and beat well for another 1 minute or until it forms a thick paste
take small ice cream scoop
scoop out the dough
drop in hot oil and cook for 2 minutes in low flame
flip over to other side and cook evenly for another 2-3 minutes
once the doughnuts cooked remove from oil
drain the excess oil in paper towel
dust with confectioner sugar
doughnuts are ready to serve
serve warm
Zeppole – Italian Fried Doughnuts
look at the texture inside ????
