Struffoli

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    504
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A traditional Christmas recipe in Campania, struffoli is a dome of crisp fried dough balls, drenched in a sweet honey and citrus syrup and topped with a scattering of sugar sprinkles and candied peel. To make this recipe truly authentic, use Neapolitan aniseed liqueur in place of rum.

recipe updated Jan 12, 2024

Ingredients

  • Orange icon
    Orange
    1
  • Lemon icon
    Lemon
    1
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    50 g
  • Candied citrus peel icon
    Candied citrus peel
    as needed
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    600 g
  • Baking powder icon
    Baking powder
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    100 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    4
  • Dark rum icon
    Dark rum
    1 tablespoon
  • Sunflower oil icon
    Sunflower oil
    as needed
  • Honey icon
    Honey
    200 g
  • Lemon juice icon
    Lemon juice
    2 tablespoons
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    2 tablespoons
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    as needed
  • Sprinkles icon
    Sprinkles
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Serving plate
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Fit the Dough Tool
  2. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl and fit the splashguard
  3. Mix – 1 minute, speed Min
  4. Mix – 9 minutes, speed 1
  5. Shape the dough into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap
  6. Let rest – 1 hour
  7. Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and divide into 8 equal pieces
  8. Roll each piece into a 2 cm wide log
  9. Cut off small pieces of dough, roll into hazelnut-sized balls and then dust with flour
  10. Line a plate with paper towels
  11. Add oil into a large, heavy-base pot, filling no more than 1/3 full
  12. Heat until the oil reaches 190ºC
  13. Working in batches, fry the dough balls until lightly golden – 3 minutes, medium-high heat
  14. Place the fried dough balls onto the lined plate
  15. Clean the appliance bowl and fit the Stir Tool
  16. Add the ingredients into the appliance bowl and fit the splashguard
  17. Heat until the sugar has dissolved - 5 minutes, 85ºC, speed Stir 2
  18. Remove the Stir Tool
  19. Place the fried dough balls into the appliance bowl and using a spatula, gently coat them in the syrup
  20. Arrange the dough balls in a dome shape on a serving plate
  21. Top with candied peel and sprinkles
  22. Serve
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