STRUFFOLI - ITALIAN HONEY BALLS

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Struffoli or Italian Honey Balls are tiny balls of fried dough tossed in a delicious sticky honey sauce and decorated with festive sprinkles. It's such a fun and impressive Italian Christmas dessert that the whole family can get involved making!

Ingredients
For the dough
3 cups Tipo 00 or all-purpose flour (420g) spooned and leveled*
⅓ cup sugar (65g)
½ teaspoon baking powder
3 large eggs lightly beaten
1 zest of one orange
2 tablespoon dark rum
4 tablespoon melted butter (55g)
1 pinch of salt
Vegetable oil for frying

For coating
1 cup honey (300g)
Sprinkles

Instructions
Put all the dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt & orange zest) in a large mixing bowl and stir to combine. Make a well in the middle and add the melted butter, eggs and rum.
Mix the ingredients together until it starts to come together then knead into a smooth ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
Once rested, cut the dough in half then cut each half into 3 equal pieces. One at a time roll each piece of dough into a long sausage shape about 1cm (½ inch) thick. Cut each log into small pieces roughly 1cm (½ inch) in size (just like making gnocchi but much smaller).
Roll each cut piece of dough into balls using the palms of your hands and place on a board or surface lightly dusted with flour so they don’t stick. Make sure they are in a single layer and not on top of each other.
Using a thermometer, heat the oil in a large pot to 375°F (190°C) at least 2-3 inches deep. Fry the struffoli in batches until golden brown (30-40 seconds). Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on kitchen paper.
Once the struffoli have cooled, add the honey to a large pot (big enough to hold all of the struffoli) and heat it gently just until it becomes very liquidy, it will only take a few seconds.
Add the cooled struffoli and gently stir until they are thoroughly coated in the honey, let them soak up the honey for 2-3 minutes.
Arrange the struffoli in your desired shape (ring or mound) on a serving plate and once the honey has cooled sprinkle over your festive sprinkles.


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