Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts
These Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts are delicious fresh homemade Italian donuts with blueberry jelly.
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PREP TIME
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TOTAL TIME
Moderate
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SERVING SIZE
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3 large eggs
- 3 tbsp plus 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1/2 lbs fresh ricotta
- 2 tbsp grated lemon zest
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 3-4 cups vegetable oil, for deep frying
- 6 tsp. blueberry jelly
Instructions
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Whisk together the eggs and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Add ricotta, lemon zest and vanilla and stir until combined. Do not over mix.
- Gradually add the flour mixture to the ricotta mixture and stir until smooth. Set aside.
- Combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
- Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat until hot and faint streaks appear on the bottom of the pan. Working in batches, carefully drop 1 tablespoon of dough at a time into the oil and fry, turning several times, until golden brown. Adjust the heat as necessary to prevent burning fritters.
- Drain on paper towels or brown paper bag. Toss the warm fritters in the cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Cut the corner off of a jelly filled pastry bag and fill each zeppole with jelly.