From Nonnas · 2025 · Reconstructed
Zeppole
Serve when
Fry them to order and bury each one in powdered sugar while it's still too hot to hold — the corner-bakery way.
In the movie
Theatrical
- 00:01:32 A young Joey picks up the family order at the corner bakery — bread and a dozen zeppole, hot and fresh, with strict instructions not to eat them all before he gets home.
Before Enoteca Maria is even an idea, there's a kid sent to fetch the family's bakery order, warned not to eat the zeppole on the walk home. It's a small, throwaway errand, but it's the film's first bite of food, and it sets the terms early: everything here runs through family, through a neighborhood bakery, through someone telling a kid not to spoil his dinner.
Ingredients
Method
- Bring the water, butter, sugar, and salt to a boil in a saucepan. Off the heat, dump in the flour all at once and stir hard until it forms a smooth ball that pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Let the dough cool for five minutes, then beat in the eggs one at a time — the dough will look broken at first and come back together smooth each time.
- Heat about two inches of oil to 350°F. Drop tablespoon-sized portions of dough in carefully (a wet spoon helps release it clean).
- Fry, turning occasionally, until deeply golden and puffed, about 4–5 minutes. They should sound hollow when you tap one.
- Drain on paper towels for a minute — no longer, they're best eaten hot — then toss heavily in powdered sugar.
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