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      Title: Don Barba's Zeppole
 Categories: Dessert, Italian
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
      1 c  Water
    1/4 ts Salt
  1 1/2 oz Brandy
      1 c  Flour
      2 c  Olive oil; +2 tb, divided
    1/2 c  Confectioners sugar
 
  Combine water, salt, and brandy and bring to a boil. Remove from
  heat, and add flour mix vigorously. Return to heat and continue
  mixing until mixture becomes dry and somewhat hard. Pour olive oil on
  a bread board and place dough on it and let cool. Roll the dough and
  fold over, and roll again. Repeat this about 7 times or until the
  dough has asorbed all the oil and has become elastic. Roll dough and
  shape into a long rope about the thickness of your finger. Cut the
  rope into 6" pieces and form each piece into a ring. Prick each ring
  with fork and fry in hot oil until golden and crisp.
  
  Note: Do not fry too many rings at once.
  
  Drain rings well and sprinkle generously with sugar.
  
  M's note. The zeppole I have had were made with a regular bread dough
  and cooked in a neutral-flavored oil.
  
  Recipe by Don Barba
  
  Posted by: John Cline, RIME planning administrator
 
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