Struffoli. Drizzle any remaining honey mixture over the struffoli. Decorate with sprinkles and dust with powdered sugar, if using. Dessert has come and gone, and you swear that you cannot eat another bite.

My grandma always made them for Christmas, but since she can't do it anymore, I came up with my own variation that she loves because mine are a little bit sweeter than the traditional bread-like ones. Struffoli are made with a very simple and easy dough. I added a little Grand Marnier but you could always add Rum or even orange juice if you wanted. You can have Struffoli using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Struffoli

It's 8 cup of of oil for frying.
You need 2 1/2 cup of of four.
You need 1/2 cup of sugar.
It's 1/2 tsp of of sea salt or table salt.
It's 1/2 tsp of lemon zest or to your liking..
Prepare 1 tbsp of orange zest or to your liking..
Prepare 1/2 tsp of lemon extract.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
You need 1/2 of a stick of butter.
Prepare 4 of eggs.
Prepare 1 large of jar of honey.
It's 1 of jar of candy sprinkles.

The only thing to remember is to make your honey balls small, a little smaller than a marble is the perfect size. There are quite a number of struffoli recipes floating on the web today. But basically, struffoli is just fried dough with drizzled honey and topped with sprinkles. Want to take a whack at making some yummy honey balls?

Struffoli instructions

In bowl put 2 1/2 cups of flour.1/2 cup of sugar.1/2 teaspoon salt. mix in eggs.
Add 1/2 stick of butter cut into pieces.lemon and orange zest.and vanilla extract..
Knead dough if sticky add more flour..
Form into ball or log put in baggie then refrigerate for 30 minutes..
When cold divide into 6-8 pieces.cut pieces and roll into pencil shape.
Cut into pieces as small or big as you like roll into balls..
Fry in oil 350°F until golden brown on both sides..
Turn over on both sides untill golden brown..
Heat honey in pan add 1 tablespoon of water to honey throw struffoli in honey coat them all with honey then remove.put on platter. put colorful sprinkles on. Enjoy :).

Below is an authentic struffoli recipe you can try at home. The struffoli would look more beautiful, perhaps, left burnished but otherwise unadorned, although gaudiness not elegant restraint—I'm firmly told—is in order here; I have tried to maintain. Struffoli also known as Honey Balls (Italian pronunciation: [ˈstruffoli]; Neapolitan: struffule [ˈstrufːulə]) is a Neapolitan dish made of deep fried balls of sweet dough. The dough is used in many Italian sweet treats such as chiacchiere. For struffoli, the dough is formed in to balls about the size of marbles.