SFINCI (SICILIAN FRIED DOUGH)
It's not Christmas Eve without our sfinci (Sicilian fried dough). These leavened fried dough balls are delicious savory or sweet!
Provided by Nadia Fazio
Categories antipasto
Time 4h25m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a small sauce pan, warm until lukewarm. Pour 1/2 cup of the water into a small bowl and stir in sugar. Pour the yeast over the water and let stand 10 minutes.
- Pour the remaining 2 cups water in a large bowl. Stir in the yeast mixture. Add the flour and salt and using your hand, stir the mixture vigorously in a circular motion. Continue stirring this way for about 5 minutes until you have a thick, smooth dough.
- Cover well, using blankets if you wish, and place in a warm, draft free location in your kitchen. Let sit for 4 hours. Your unlit oven with the light on is a good option. The dough is ready when bubbles form on the surface and it has at least doubled in size.
- Fill a heavy bottomed sauce pan half way with vegetable oil. Slowly heat the vegetable oil on medium high heat. In order to test if it is hot enough, take a small piece of the sfinci dough and drop it in the oil. If it immediately begins to sizzle, the oil is ready.
- Use a tablespoon or soup spoon to drop the dough into the hot oil, scraping off the spoon with your finger or another spoon. Do not overcrowd your pan. After about 1 1/2 minutes, carefully turn the sfinci over to brown the opposite side.
- When they are a light golden color, remove the sfinci with a slotted spoon and place on a dish covered with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 103 kcal, Carbohydrate 11 g, Protein 1 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 66 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 1 g, ServingSize 1 serving
ITALIAN SFINGI (ITALIAN DOUGHNUTS)
These Sicilian doughnuts are delicious served warm! The recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks titled "Cucina Deliziosa", which was compiled by the Charity Guild of Saint Joseph in Houston, Texas.
Provided by Kim D.
Categories Breads
Time 30m
Yield 1 batch
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Mix flour, sugar, and baking powder.
- Add eggs, water, and vanilla; mix well.
- Drop batter by tablespoons in hot, deep oil.
- If oil is hot enough, sfingi will cook and turn over without help.
- If not, turn with a large spoon to brown on both sides.
- Add as many sfingi that will fit in skillet or deep-fryer.
- Fry until golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Combine powdered sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle warm sfingi with powdered sugar and cinnamon mixture.
- Delicious served warm!
SFINGI
Sfingi are also called zeppole. You'll never realize you're eating ricotta cheese! These are very good - be sure to eat them while they're warm.
Provided by KITTYCATGRL
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Italian
Time 1h40m
Yield 15
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In large bowl, combine ricotta, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Mix together baking powder and 1/2 cup flour. Fold into ricotta mixture. Add enough of remaining flour to make a thick batter. Let rest 1 hour.
- Heat oil in large heavy saucepan over high heat until a small amount of batter dropped in oil sizzles and starts to color. Drop batter by teaspoons into hot oil and deep fry until golden. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
- Stack sfingi on serving platter in a pyramid. Drizzle stack with honey and dust with confectioner's sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 218.5 calories, Carbohydrate 16.6 g, Cholesterol 34.2 mg, Fat 14.9 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 148.3 mg, Sugar 8.5 g
ST. JOSEPH'S DAY CREAM PUFFS / SFINGI DI SAN GIUSEPPE
This is a traditional Italian pastry made on March 19 in celebration of the feast of St. Joseph. The traditional filling for these cream puffs is sweetened ricotta, however a vanilla or almond flavored pasticciera (pastry) cream may be used instead. This recipe should make at least 16-20 sfingi.....depending on how small or large you make the circles, you may end up with more or less shells. Note: If you can't find Impastata ricotta (aka pastry or cannoli ricotta), regular ricotta will work well if you drain it well (preferably overnight), and then beat it (or use food processor or blender) until very creamy.
Provided by Dee514
Categories Dessert
Time 1h40m
Yield 16-20 Sfingi
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- For cream puffs: Combing butter, salt and water in a sauce pan.
- Bring mixture to a boil.
- Add flour all at one time, mixing well by hand (with a wooden spoon), until the dough forms a ball and leaves the sides of the pan.
- Remove pan from heat, and let cool a little.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Add sugar and grated lemon and orange peels, and mix thoroughly (dough should have a slight gloss or sheen to it).
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Line a large sheet (or jelly roll) pan with parchment.
- Attach a# 4 tip (large star tip) to a pastry bag.
- Fill the pastry bag with the dough, and squeezing the dough through the bag, form donut shaped circles on the parchment, be careful that you do not move the bag too quickly or the dough will be stretched too thin.
- The dough circles should be about 1 inch thick.
- Leave a 2-inch space between each circle.
- Bake at 400F for about 10 minutes, reduce heat to 325F and bake for 30 minutes more or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven, carefully cut a small slit horizontally into the side of each puff, place on a rack to cool.
- When completely cooled, carefully slice each puff in half horizontally (forming a top and a bottom).
- Filling: In a large bowl; cream the drained ricotta well, until very smooth.
- Add flavorings and stir to blend well.
- Add sugar and mix well, filling should be thick (stiff) enough to hold its shape, if it is not, add more sugar.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a# 4 tip (large star tip) with the ricotta mixture.
- Squeeze the filling on to the bottom half of each puff.
- Place cherries on top of the filling (spaced about 1/2 inch apart).
- Replace tops on the puffs, and gently press down just enough to press the cherries part way into the filling.
- Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until serving.
- Sfingi may be lightly dusted with a sprinkle of powdered sugar before serving (optional).
- Note: Sfingi are best served/eaten the day they are made, because once they are filled, the puffs can soften.
- The puffs may be made a day ahead, and filled before serving.
- The filling may be made a day ahead of serving and stored (covered) in the refrigerator.
FRIED DOUGH / SFINGI RECIPE - (4.2/5)
Provided by á-25393
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix the yeast into 1/4 cup of warm water and let sit for 10 minutes until foamy. Add the rest of the water and the salt. Mix. Add the flour one cup at a time. You can use your hands or a food processor to mix it, but I prefer my big standing mixer with a dough hook. Mix in the flour until it forms a ball, then knead for 5-10 minutes (3-4 minutes in the mixer). Take balls of dough about the size of a small lemon and flatten them until they're about 3″ in diameter. Place on a floured towel or cookie sheet and cover with another clean towel. Let rise in a warm spot for 30 minutes. Heat vegetable oil in a deep fryer or a large pan until it's about 375 degrees fahrenheit. To test, drop a small piece of dough in. It should puff up and sizzle. While you're waiting, mix together sugar and cinnamon. Put this in a paper bag and mix together. Fry the dough about 3-4 minutes, until lightly browned. Drain on brown bags or paper towels, then shake in the bag with the cinnamon and sugar. Mmmmmm!
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