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The recipe for Neapolitan Christmas struffoli proposed by VerdeGusto is not very complicated. We have tried to simplify it by showing step by step the recipe for Neapolitan struffoli, so that everyone can replicate it.
Struffoli are one of the Christmas sweets of the Neapolitan tradition. In Naples, struffoli are either homemade or offered by the pastry shops that populate the vast area.
Servings: 4 persone
Calorie: 1084kcal
Ingredients
For the dough
- 500 gr Type 00 Flour
- 5 nr Eggs
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- 25 gr Butter
- 1 nr Lemon grated zest
- 1 nr Orange grated zest
- qb Salt
- qb Brandy
For garnish
- 250 gr Honey
- 100 gr Sugar
- 60 gr Candied Orange Zest
- 60 gr Candied Citron
- 60 gr Cocozzata or Candied Pumpkin
- 1 nr Lemon
- 1 nr Orange
- qb Colored Confetti or Colored Sprinkles
Instructions
- Knead the flour, arranged in a mound on the table, with all the other ingredients.
- Work the dough well, then let it rest covered for about half an hour.
- Cut the dough into small portions and, on a floured surface, form sticks with the palms of your hands to cut into pieces about one centimeter each.
- Fry a few at a time in hot oil until golden and drain on absorbent paper.
- Melt the honey in a saucepan with sugar and a few tablespoons of water, bring to a gentle boil.
- When the foam disappears, pour in half of the chopped candied fruit, the very thin peel of lemon and orange in strips, and the struffoli.
- Gently mix so that the struffoli are evenly coated with honey and fully absorbed. Place them on a round plate and, with wet hands, shape them into a ring with a hole in the center.
- Sprinkle with colorful confetti and decorate with the other chopped candied fruit cut into strips.
Valori nutrizionali
Calories: 1084kcal
