Zeppole (Italian Deep-Fried Dough Balls)

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recipe by Mille 1 Ricette https://blog.giallozafferano.it/mille1ricette/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    50mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    842
based on 11 ratings

Delicious, deep fried dough balls. User generated recipes have not been re-tested by Kenwood.

Inspired by: https://blog.giallozafferano.it/mille1ricette/

recipe updated 18 Nov 2023

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    120 g
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Cherries icon
    Cherries
    as needed
  • Water icon
    Water
    500 ml
  • Bicarbonate of soda icon
    Bicarbonate of soda
    ½ teaspoon
  • Plain flour icon
    Plain flour
    300 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    6
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    as needed
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    500 ml
  • Italian 00 flour icon
    Italian 00 flour
    60 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    100 g
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Paper towels
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Work surface
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl
  • kCook icon Piping bag
  • kCook icon Large saucepan
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Piping bag

Step preview

  1. Line a clean work surface with parchment paper
  2. Cut out into squares then set aside
  3. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  4. Add water, butter and bicarbonate of soda to the kCook bowl
  5. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  6. Attach lid to kCook bowl
  7. Heat with filler cap removed - 5 min, 70°C, speed 3
  8. Let cool
  9. Add plain flour to the kCook bowl
  10. Mix with filler cap removed - 1 min, speed 5
  11. Then add egg to the kCook bowl
  12. Mix with filler cap removed - 30 sec, speed 6
  13. Add egg to the kCook bowl one by one while machine is running
  14. Mix with filler cap removed - 3 min, speed 6
  15. Spoon content of kCook bowl into piping bag then set aside
  16. Add sunflower oil to a clean large saucepan
  17. Heat and continue - medium-high heat
  18. Line a clean baking sheet with paper towels then set aside
  19. Pipe content of piping bag onto work surface
  20. Transfer dough to large saucepan carefully
  21. Fry each side until light golden
  22. Remove with slotted spoon
  23. Transfer dough balls to baking sheet and continue
  24. Clean kCook bowl
  25. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  26. Add milk, italian 00 flour, caster sugar and egg to the kCook bowl
  27. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  28. Attach lid to kCook bowl with filler cap fitted
  29. Mix with filler cap fitted - 30 sec, speed 10
  30. Then add lemon to the kCook bowl
  31. Cook with filler cap removed - 7 min, 98°C, speed 5
  32. Spoon content of kCook bowl into piping bag
  33. Pipe cream onto dough balls
  34. Decorate with cherries
  35. Dust with icing sugar
  36. Serve
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