Puffy and light St. Joseph’s zeppole in air fryer, they are not fried but look like it and you will win everyone over, the classic dessert prepared for Father’s Day along with St. Joseph’s cream puffs.

The dough is made with choux pastry, the same used for cream puffs, and in this case, they are cooked in the air fryer like the cream puffs with cream and chocolate. The result is fantastic, puffy and light zeppole that seem fried but are not.

As with all traditional recipes, there are various ways to make zeppole. Everyone has their recipe, like the double-cooked zeppole but especially, the fillings vary. Besides the classic one, the tiramisu version is also highly appreciated.

However, if you don’t have an air fryer, you can prepare them with the traditional recipe using the double cooking method. Choose the one you like best and try these delights, I’m sure your fathers will love them.

Let’s see what we need to make puffy and light St. Joseph’s zeppole in air fryer, they are not fried but look like it and you will win everyone over.

HERE ARE SOME DELICIOUS RECIPES TO PREPARE NOT ONLY FOR FATHER’S DAY

Difficulty: Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 20 Minutes
Portions: 10 Pieces
Cooking methods: Air Frying
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: Father's Day

Ingredients

Puffy and light St. Joseph’s zeppole in air fryer, they are not fried but look like it and you will win everyone over, the classic dessert prepared for Father’s Day

5 eggs
2 cups cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cups water
4 tbsps tbsps butter
powdered sugar
strawberries (for decoration)
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cups sugar
2 cups cups milk
vanilla flavor

Tools

HERE’S WHAT WE NEED

1 Air Fryer
1 Piping Bag

Steps

LET’S PREPARE THE ZEPPOLE

For both the dough and the cream, you can follow this recipe
Place the zeppole in the air fryer basket and cook according to the oven program. Mine, 13 minutes at 356°F with the dessert program, and then increase to 392°F for another 7/8 minutes. In the last few minutes, remove the parchment paper. Once cooled, fill them with the piping bag, decorate with strawberries, and dust with powdered sugar.