zeppoli

Fried Italian pastries

Zeppoli are Italian fried dough pastries, light and puffy, typically dusted with powdered sugar.

Traditional on St.

Joseph's Day, they may be plain or filled with custard, jelly, or ricotta.

The singular is zeppola: I'll have one more zeppola before they're gone.

Also spelled zeppole.

Italian

Naples

Mediterranean port city

nonna · ricotta · cannoli · espresso · antipasto · dolci · festa · piazza

sweet

powdered sugar

Finely ground sweetener

  • dustedRemoved surface particles
  • sugarCrystalline carbohydrate sweetener
  • honeyBees' viscous nectar product

Nutella · custard · cream · filled · plain · cinnamon · vanilla · glaze · coating · confection

festive

celebration

Festive event marking occasion

holiday · festival · vendor · stand · paper cone · powdered sugar · warm · fresh · indulgence · treat

fried

deep-fried

Cooked submerged in fat

  • oilSlippery viscous fluid
  • goldenBright yellow, or precious
  • crispyBrittle and snapping

dough · fritter · batter · sizzle · hot · puffy · airy · light · bubbling · temperature

dough

yeast

Fermenting fungus

soft · elastic · kneading · proofing · resting · sticky · pillowy · stretchy · balls · portioned

Family

zeppole, zeppoles

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