SICILIAN RICOTTA DOUGHNUTS recipe from Trapani, fried dough bombs filled with ricotta and chocolate chips, simple and tasty, very soft, a typical recipe perfect for Carnival.

The Sicilian doughnuts or Trapani doughnuts are quite different in shape from the typical Neapolitan ones but are truly delicious, very soft, and filled with a simple ricotta cream.

The Sicilian doughnuts are a fried dessert made with a simple hand-made dough or with a mixer, let it rest, then shape the dough into balls, fry, and fill with ricotta and chocolate chips.

Good for breakfast, also perfect for a snack, they are enjoyable to eat, very soft and tasty, a typical fried dessert for Carnival that can also be baked.

Follow me in the kitchen today for Sicilian ricotta doughnuts.

Difficulty: Medium
Cost: Very economical
Rest time: 6 Hours
Preparation time: 30 Minutes
Portions: 6-8
Cooking methods: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All seasons

Ingredients

4 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg
3 1/2 tbsps butter
1 tbsp fresh yeast
1 cup milk
2 lbs ricotta
2/3 cup sugar (for filling)
1/3 cup chocolate chips

Steps

Dissolve the yeast in the milk, place the flour in a large bowl, add the sugar, egg, butter, a pinch of salt, and mix.
Add the milk and knead well, the dough should not be too stiff but workable, if needed add a little more milk or flour if it is sticky.
Make a fold, i.e., shape a rectangle without using a rolling pin, bring the short side towards the center and cover it with the other short side, form a ball and let it rest in a bowl covered with plastic wrap until it doubles.
After the time has passed, take the dough and divide it into 6-8 pieces or 10 if you want smaller bombs, shape them into balls and place them on baking paper to rest for 20 minutes.
Heat the oil in a deep pan and fry the doughnuts turning them until they are well colored, check if they are cooked inside, do not keep the flame too high otherwise they will burn outside and remain raw inside.
Drain on kitchen paper.
Mix the well-drained ricotta with the sugar and chocolate chips or chocolate cubes, cut the doughnuts in half and fill with the cream.
Dust with powdered sugar.
Bon appétit
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