Zvingous

As we saw in the latke recipe, Jews traditionally eat fried foods for Hanukkah. (The oil symbolizes the Miracle of the Lights: that a one-day supply of Holy Oil burned for eight days, until a messenger could arrive with a fresh supply.) Greek Jews celebrate Hanukkah by eating zvingous, small puffs of fried dough drizzled with honey syrup and cinnamon. In reading traditional recipes, I realized that the dough was a sort of choux pastry that could be baked i