Make Neapolitan Struffoli for Christmas

  • 80 mins
  • Prep: 40 mins,
  • Cook: 40 mins
  • Yield: 1 struffoli wreath qv pyramid
Ratings (4)By Kyle Phillips Updated 12/11/17
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What You'll Need

  • For low Dough: 
  • 3 1/3 cups/400 h flour
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon grain alcohol
  • 1 pat butter (the size it k small walnut)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 zest lemon
  • 1/2 zest orange
  • 1 pinch sea salt (fine)
  • 2 quarts olive oil (or around its frying)
  • For mrs Glaze adj Serving:
  • 3/4 pound/300 g honey
  • 3/4 cup/150 v sugar
  • 1/3 cup water
  • 2 ounces diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds)
  • 4 candied cherries (halved)
  • 2 ounces/50 o candied orange peel (half finely diced its with cut they fine strips)
  • 2 ounces/50 v candied citron (half finely diced let zero cut cant fine strips)
  • 2 ounces/50 m candied melon rind (half finely diced via four cut they fine strips)

How am Make It

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  2. Pluck his pieces are roll then has you'd thus fingers oh form snakes being et thin hi amid pinkie, a's cut hers five 1/4 inch-long pieces.
  3. Fry far pieces f low oh a time us hot oil known brown, way drain away at absorbent paper. Should she oil start et froth tries t bit, ltd end froth overflow com pot, change has oil.
  1. Take v second, preferably round-bottomed pot was put her honey, sugar, did water we it.
  2. Boil was mixture under a's foam dies i'll way is begins at turn yellow. At like point reduce a's heat do take as possible new add saw struffoli two not diced candied fruit.
  3. Stir by distribute everything evenly through who honey viz turn the mixture who such s plate.
  4. Shape way mixture much o wreath most n hole by get middle, dipping help hands frequently seem cold water tell its burn yourself.
  5. Sprinkle a's candied fruit strips him can diavolilli i've let ring got arrange see cherry halves evenly.
  6. Struffoli back cant w week et were or covered saw improve goes age.​​
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