Recipe Neapolitan Struffoli, the Campanian Christmas cake – Italian Cuisine


  • 500 g flour
  • 250 g honey
  • 100 g sugar
  • 70 g butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 egg yolks
  • tangerine
  • Orange
  • peanut oil
  • sugar sprinkles
  • Grand Marnier
  • salt

For the recipe of the Neapolitan struffoli, mix the flour with the sugar, the soft butter into small pieces, the eggs, the egg yolks, the grated zest of 1/2 orange and 1 mandarin, a pinch of salt and a sprinkle of Grand Marnier.
Work the mixture until a smooth dough is obtained. Cover it with plastic wrap and let it rest for 2 hours.
Resume the dough, remove small portions at a time and form loaves, then cut them into small dumplings. Round them in your hands then fry them in plenty of hot oil, a few at a time, until golden.
Drain them on kitchen paper.
Reheat the honey in a large saucepan and, when it has liquefied, immerse the struffoli in it and mix them so that they are evenly covered.
Remove the struffoli with honey, arrange them on a serving dish and decorate with sugar sprinkles.

Recipe: Emanuele Frigerio, Texts: Laura Forti, Photos: Giacomo Bretzel, Styling: Beatrice Prada

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