Strufoli
the recipe
Ingredients
- 1 kgCakes and fried pastries Flour
- 200 g Whole eggs
- 100 g Granulated sugar
- 200 g Melted butter or oil
- 10 g Baking powder
- 10 g Salt
- 80 g Anise liqueur
- 100 g Orange juice
- 2 grated oranges
- 1 vanilla pod
Directions
- Mix the eggs, sugar, butter, salt, juice, liqueur, and grated oranges.
- Add the sifted flour and baking powder.
- Finish the dough and let it rest covered for at least 2 hours, preferably overnight.
- Shape the dough into small cylinders and fry them at 170–180°C.
- Then dip them in honey (25% of the weight of the strufoli) heated to boiling (116°C) and decorate as desired with colored sprinkles.