Frittelle, Cenci and other Fried Delights
Apple Fritters: Frittelle di
Mela
Apple fritters are a classic treat for all ages. Sweet as
a snack, or unsugared with a roast (very traditional).
Difficulty:
Easy
Apple Fritters with Vanilla: Frittelle di Mela
alla Vaniglia
Apple fritters with Vanilla: They're for
Carnival, but don't let that stay you at other times of year.
Difficulty:
Easy
Apple or Pear Fritters Farmer Style: Frittura di
Mele o Pere alla Contadinesca
Apple or pear fritters, which
will provide pleasant contrast in a fritto misto or work well as a
snack.
Difficulty: Easy
Caggionetti
Ravioli filled with
chestnuts and other delights and fried, a Christmas treat from the Abruzzo.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cannoli
Palermo's classic
Carnival pastry is delightful year round.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cannoli
CEILW1's recipe for
cannoli has a little powdered cinnamon in it.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Cannoli Spicci (Quick)
A
slightly quicker recipe for cannoli.
Difficulty: Moderate
Carteddate with Honey: Cartedatte al
Miele
These fritters are similar to cenci, but are dipped in
honey and laced with cinnamon.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cartellate
Classic Christmas
fritters from Altamura.
Difficulty: Easy
Cartellate
A recipe from Bari,
that uses cotto di fichi rather than honey or mosto.
Difficulty:
Easy (the caretllate) and moderate (the cotto).
Cavezune
Fried chickpea ravioli
from the Gargano peninsula, made with a tasty, chocolaty chickpea filling.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cenci
Or Frappe, or Chiacchere,
or... lovers' knots. Lots of names for this quick and tasty Carnival pastry.
Difficulty: Easy
Chiacchere
That's Chatters,
tasty lemony fritters for Carnevale.
Difficulty: Easy
Chestnut Crunch: Croccanti di
Marroni
Crunchy Chestnut fritters.
Difficulty:
Easy
Fried Cream, or La Crema Fritta
Fried Crema Pasticcera is wonderful in winter, especially come Carnevale.
Difficulty: Easy
Doughnuts and Zabaione: Dictinobis e
Zabaione
Doughnuts, and a creamy Zabaione to dip them in.
They're purfect for the close of an Italian Kippur meal.
Difficulty:
Moderate
French Toast: Pain Perdu
The
progenitor of French Toast is from the Valle d'Aosta. Great for lactating
mothers, too.
Difficulty: Easy
Fried Cream Sicilian Style: Crema Fritta alla
Siciliana
Two tasty Sicilian recipes for fried pastry cream,
one with orange and one without.
Difficulty: Moderate
Fried Cream Venetian Style: Crema Fritta alla
Veneziana
Fried Pastry Cream, the perfect pastry for a
children's party (something they can make themselves with supervision, too).
Difficulty: Easy
Fritters: Frittelle
Quick,
mouth-watering Carnival fritters for children of all ages.
Difficulty:
Easy
Fritters with Fig Honey: Majatiche ccu Meme 'I
Ficu, and Mustazzuoli
A pair of tasty Calabrian treats, one a
fritter and the other a fennel-laced cookie.
Difficulty: Easy
Grappa Funnel Pastries: Spirali alla
Grappa
Funnel pastries with a tasty raspberry
sauce.
Difficulty: Moderate
Iris
Rolls, hollowed out, filled
with cannolo filling, and fried. A delight from Sicily.
Difficulty:
Easy
Omelettes Fourrées Flambées
Omelets, filled with jam (or not, as you prefer), and flamed.
Sensual.
Difficulty: Moderate.
Orange Struffoli, or Struffoli all'Arancia
A tasty variation on a classic fritter, for Purim.
Pannelle Dolci
Sweet chickpea
fritters from Palermo.
Difficulty: Easy
Pettole
The bread dough
fritters given the poor by Baby Jesus.
Difficulty: Moderate
Pignoccate
Citron and pine nut
crunch, for Purim.
Precipizi
Fried dough, cooked
in honey: A traditional Italian Hanukkah treat.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Puffs and Puff Batter: Bombe e Pasta
Siringa
A creamy batter that puffs up into delightful fritters; you
can make them either savory or sweet.
Difficulty: Easy
Rice Fritters: Frittelle di
Riso
Easy fritters perfect for putting a smile on your face.
Difficulty: Easy
Sfinge de San Giuseppe
Fritters
made with a sweet, ricotta-rich batter.
Difficulty: Moderate
Sfinci Dolci
Several more
recipes for sfinci, sweet Sicilian bread fritters, including one with potatoes
for San Martino.
Difficulty: Moderate
Sfinci di San Giuseppe
A
slightly simpler version of San Giuseppe's treat.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Struffoli
Neapolitan Christmas
treats -- a tremendously old recipe and quite good too.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Sweet Semolina: Semolina Dolce
A Piemontese specialty that's excellent in a fritto misto or as dessert.
Difficulty: Moderate
Tatù and Catalani
Sicilian cookies for the Day of the Dead; the former with chocolate and the
latter sweet and almondy.
Difficulty: Moderate
Tortelli
Tortelli come in all
kinds... These derive from the pastries street vendors sold during the
Baccanaliae, thousands of years ago.
Difficulty: Easy
Zeppole
Neapolitan fritters for
San Giuseppe! (March 19.)
Difficulty: Moderate
Zeppole Siciliane
Also for San
Giuseppe (March 19), and delightfully flavored with almonds and orange peel.
Difficulty: Moderate
Zipulas
Saffron-laced
Sardinian fritters to celebrate Carnevale.
Difficulty: Moderate
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