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Christmas recipe

Struffoli with Nutella®

An Italian classic with a Nutella® twist

This Christmas, bring home a taste of Italy with a twist on a beloved classic! These golden, bite-sized struffoli are transformed with Nutella®. Forget plain Italian honey balls, this struffoli recipe takes things up a notch with a touch of chocolate and hazelnuts.

Medium
3 h 20 min

INGREDIENTS FOR 10 PORTIONS

  • 150g of Nutella® – 15g Nutella® per portion

  • 300g flour

  • 3 eggs

  • 50g sugar

  • 70g melted butter

  • ½ teaspoon baking yeast

  • 50ml anisette

  • 4 tablespoons honey

  • 1 vanilla pod

  • a pinch of salt

HOW TO MAKE STRUFFOLI

  1. STEP 1

    In a large bowl, mix the flour with the eggs, the melted butter, the sugar, the yeast, the salt, the anisette, and vanilla to create a soft and elastic dough. Let it rest for a minimum of 2.5 hours in the fridge wrapped in a plastic film. The longer it rests, the softer the struffoli heart will be.

  2. STEP 2

    Take the dough and make several little strings around the same thickness of your finger. Cut those strings into 2cm cubes and place them on a surface that has been pre-dusted with flour.

  3. STEP 3

    Fill a saucepan with oil and heat it at a high temperature (170°C, but do not let it begin to smoke). Then, begin to pour the cubes in to fry. Remove them with a skimmer. Drain them and let them dry on paper towels.

  4. STEP 4

    Heat 4 tablespoons of honey in another saucepan on medium heat and add the fried struffoli cubes in. Remove them, make a crown of them on a serving plate by sticking them together. Finally, with a piping bag, decorate with strings of Nutella® and serve.

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