Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- First thing: prepare the coffee and let it cool.
Making the "Choux" zeppole dough
- First make a choux pastry, by pouring water and butter into a sauce pan.
- Heat this up over medium heat, stirring so the butter melts. Do not bring to a boil.
- Then pour all of the flour in at one time and mix vigorously with a wooden spoon.
- Cook until the dough comes off the sides of the pan and there is a whitish residue on the bottom.
- Transfer the dough to the bowl of a standup mixer, using the paddle attachment, mix at medium-low speed.
- In a separate mixing bowl, beat the eggs and the yolk together.
- Once the choux in the mixer stops steaming, add the eggs a little at a time. Take your time with this step.
- When the mixture has become smooth and mixed well, turn off the mixer and transfer the dough into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip.
- Place in the refrigerate until ready to fry the zeppole.
Making the Coffee Mascarpone cream
- When the coffee is cold, pour the mascarpone into the standup mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.
- Stir on medium-low for a few seconds to soften the cheese.
- Add the Cream and whisk at medium speed adding the powdered sugar a little a time.
- When the cream starts to mount, add the coffee in.
- When The cream is smooth and mixed well and mounted with stiff peaks, transfer it to a pastry bag with a large star tip and transfer to the refrigerator to cool.
Frying the zeppole
- Prepare 10, 4inch squares of parchment paper, set aside.
- Pour the oil into a pan for frying and bring it to a temperature of 350F.
- Now take the choux zeppole dough from the fridge and squeeze out a "zeppole" onto the parchment paper.
- The zeppole circle should be about 2.5" in diameter.
- Transfer the first two zeppola inside the pot, upside down, by holding the parchment paper, The parchment paper will come off by itself after a short time, remove the paper with tongs once it is separated.
- Once the paper has been removed, turn the zeppole on the other side with tongs or a skimmer.
- The zeppole will should to cook about 3 minutes per side, when they are golden brown, drain and transfer them to a plate lined with paper towels, to remove excess oil. Continue cooking the zeppole, and transfer them to a plate.
- Once all of the Zeppole are fried
- Decorate them with a dollop of coffee cream, add a sprinkling of cocoa powder and serve!