Struffoli
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Read about syrup-soaked fried sweets in the BrightCulinary Book
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- 200 g flour
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- ½ whole orange
- ½ whole lemon
Mix 200 grams of flour with two tablespoons of sugar, two eggs, the zest of about half an orange and half a lemon.
- 2 tbsp limoncello
- 2 tbsp peanut oil
- salt
- flour
Add two tablespoons of limoncello, two tablespoons of peanut oil and a pinch of salt, working in a little flour at a time until the dough comes together.
- peanut oil
Stretch the dough with a rolling pin, roll it into little snakes from the middle outwards and cut them small; the smaller they are cut, the better they cook.
- 150 g honey
Warm about 150 grams of honey with a spoon of sugar in a fry pan big enough to hold all the struffoli.
- sugar
- lemon
- orange
- candied fruit
Tip the struffoli into the honey and mix well, then add lemon zest, orange, candied fruit, orange and lemon glaze and sprinkles.
- orange and lemon glaze
- sprinkles
Tip them into a cupcake case to serve, or stack them into a Christmas tree shape.