Light Zeppole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups water
• 10 ounces sugar
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 2 tablespoons semolina
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup marsala (sweet)
• olive oil
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 mix water, sugar, oil and bay leaf in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 2 mix flour and semolina together and dump into boiling water all at once. remove from heat and begin stirring with wooden spoon until it forms a mass.
• 3 return to lowest heat and cook 5 minutes stirring. remove from heat, discard bay leaf and add yolks one at a time beating vigorously after each addition.
• 4 add marsala and beat dough until satiny. you can use a food processor to prepare this dough if you wish.
• 5 grease a countertop or board with olive oil and pat down dough into a pancake. flatten dough and fold sides over on itself so there are 3 layers. flatten dough again and repeat folding 5 times more.
• 6 take about 1/3 of dough and roll out to a thickness of your thumb and make each piece into a ring. make 3 or 4 at a time and slip them into boiling oil. when you turn them, prick them with a sharp knife or fork in a few places.
• 7 drain on paper and serve warm, dusted with confectionery sugar.