Italian Cream Puff Fritters

Name: Italian Cream Puff Fritters (Sfinci)
Yield: Makes about 40 small fritters
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 batch Pâte à Choux (page-204); 100 g sugar; 480 ml sunflower oil or light olive oil for frying; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; 480 ml sunflower oil or light olive oil for frying

Sfinci

Preparation info

Makes about
40
small fritters

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pastry Perfection

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2014

About

My maternal grandmother loved to make these, and I can understand why - they’re light, luscious and easy to whip up from very little in the way of ingredients. The standard coating is cinnamon sugar, but sugar mixed with grated lemon or orange zest is delicious too.

Ingredients

1 batch Pâte à Choux (page-204)
100 g sugar
½ teaspo

Europe
Italy
Dessert
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
Heat the oil in a deep pan or wok over a medium heat to 180°C. Line a Swiss roll tin with kitchen towels.
Use a teaspoon to scoop up a spoonful of the dough, then use a second spoon to scrape it out into the hot oil. Work with the spoons close to the surface of the oil so it doesn’t splatter.