Your new favorite Italian dessert, zeppole, is leaving! We can't get enough zeppoles, small fried donuts rolled in sugar.
They make a great midmorning pastry break with coffee or a sumptuous dessert with chocolate sauce at night.
No worries if you're new to deep-frying desserts—we have all the advice here and in our video above to help you. The work is worth it to make these golden, sweet nibbles in just over 30 minutes.
Are zeppoles?
Italian zeppole are miniature donuts fried until golden brown and dusted in orange sugar. Fried rather than baked, zeppole are golden, crisp, and light and fluffy in the middle, like cake donuts.
Larger zeppole with pastry cream are popular in Italy. Use a paring knife to pierce a small hole in the donut's side, then fill with pastry cream with a piping bag. Use this eclairs' filling recipe!
INGREDIENTSUse 2 to 3 cups of extra-virgin olive oil.2- 3 cups vegetable oil2 big eggs1 cup whole-milk ricotta1 tsp pure vanilla extract
INGREDIENTSUse 2 to 3 cups of extra-virgin olive oil.2- 3 cups vegetable oil2 big eggs1 cup whole-milk ricotta1 tsp pure vanilla extract