This dessert reminds me of the Christmases of my childhood.
For me, this dessert, meaning struffoli, is called pignolata, and my grandmother and my mom used to make it at Christmas. I have always loved these small balls of dough wrapped in wonderfully fragrant honey!
This time I propose this recipe, which is really so simple to make.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 2 Hours
- Portions: 12
- Cooking methods: Stovetop, Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Christmas
Ingredients
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 7 tablespoons sugar
- 7 tablespoons corn oil
- 4 whole eggs
- 1 tablespoon liqueur
- 1 pinch salt
- lemon zest
- oil for frying
- 7 oz honey
- 1 oz water
- 2 oz sugar
- 1.4 oz Marsala wine
- citrus zest
Tools
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Spoon
- 1 Pot
- 1 Dough Scraper
Steps
To create the dough for our struffoli, we need to place the flour into a mound, then start adding the sugar, followed by the eggs, corn oil, and gradually the other ingredients.
Mix well until the dough becomes a bit firm, and at this point:
In a pot, we put honey, water, sugar, and various aromas, turn on the heat, and let the mixture turn golden.
Turn off the heat and dive our struffoli in, stirring very well.
When they are still warm, place the struffoli in the container we have chosen.
Storage
This preparation keeps for about 4 days at room temperature
