How to Make STRUFFOLI Like an Italian (Italian Christmas Honey Balls)

[@vincenzosplate]

Have you ever tried these honey Balls?

[@darksider1239]

No but my honey tried my balls oh wait...

[@mariajun8672]

I have never 😭😭😭😭💔

[@karenlantang1356]

No, what time is dessert? 😂

[@mb6833]

I make them every year. There's no Christmas without struffoli. My family's recipe is slightly different though. Thanks for this, it's lovely to see there are traditions we share all over the world. Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@jhlfsc]

One small bit of advice is that I've found, instead of putting them in the oil one at a time, if you load them all on a big slotted spoon or one of those stainless steel Asian strainers and dump them all in big portions, they will all separate and still fry nicely without risking burning yourself. Amazing recepie though...can't wait to try it!

[@eddieonmelrose]

Ciao Vincenzo, you made tear up. The whole family would get together every December to help my mama make what she called Honey Rings! She would form a"ring" around a decorative Christmas plate and fill the center with all her cookies topped with powdered sugar. The bigger the ring the more important you were in her life! We averaged 50 to 60 rings every Christmas, even mailed some! Beautiful!! Buon Natale!

[@thecottagemouse2713]

Yes. From Naples!!!! Goes back in my dads Neapolitan family for many many decades. Delicious

[@captaineverythingfun52]

I'm glad you finally reuploaded this video

[@vincenzosplate]

oh I appreciate it! Are you going to make Struffoli?

[@captaineverythingfun52]

@@vincenzosplate of course 😁

[@elenasegas2109]

Thanks!

[@vincenzosplate]

oh wow thank you SO much! 🤩

[@petrayonathan1550]

I was born on Christmas Day and i really love to making cookies and other Christmas food. Christmas will coming in December 2024. Thank you for sharing me. Love from Indonesia 🇲🇨

[@littleonion7171]

Ogni volta che vedo un nuovo video da te, mi manca l'Italia più e più 😢

[@vincenzosplate]

Oh mi dispiace! 😢😢

[@Ramyapad19]

Cant wait to make this soon for me i never had struffoli before i love italian food soooooooo much perfect for my after office snacks

[@vincenzosplate]

Great! Can’t wait for you to try this recipe

[@davidbuben3262]

I now have another use for the limoncello I made for Thanksgiving. And I like the idea of the two zests. I'll make this next week. Thanks Vincenzo! And no, I never heard of Struffoli before.

[@vincenzosplate]

Awesome! Can’t wait 😍

[@jacobaccurso]

Ciao da Oregon, Vincenzo! My heart leapt out of my chest when I saw the photo in my KZbin feed. My sister and I were just talking about how every Christmas our nonna would make something that looks very much like this. But we knew it as “pignalatta.” I don’t even know if I am spelling it correctly. Have you ever heard of that name? Even though there were no pinenuts in the recipe, she shaped it like a pine tree and I am certain that’s where the name comes from.

[@vincenzosplate]

oh this is awesome my friend. This dish is called in different ways around Italy, and I've already heard that name, so your Nonna made the same dish. Have you ever tried making it?

[@jacobaccurso]

@@vincenzosplate My cousin found our Nonna’s recipe! My sister says the pignolata is formed into the shape of pine cones, hence the name. We will make it with the honey from my honeybees in honor of our grandmother and as a salute to Vincenzo‘s Plate. Think of your KZbin channel as a true ministry of the heart, giving the gift of our culture to the entire world! But not only that, perhaps more important is the fact that you transfuse renewed cultural blood into those of us who no longer live in Italy or Sicily. Where did I learn how to make the Pasta alla norma, bucatini con le sarde e arancini? One place: Vincenzo’s Plate.

[@christinac7903]

My grandparents made them every Christmas and Easter. My mom and dad still make them. They are my favorite things oh my gosh. ❤️❤️❤️

[@michaelsasylum]

We called this chichidas when I was a kid. This one hit me right in the feels.

[@vincenzosplate]

Thanks for sharing your memories with us 😊 It's always great to hear how food can bring back fond childhood memories. Have a great day! 🍝👨‍🍳

[@stevieg4201]

I love this recipe Vincenzo, my Mom always made Struffoli, I liked them when I was a kid (long time ago), but they got boring for me, I love how these have lemon and orange zest, and limoncello. I’ll be making these for sure.

[@djjd2011]

Buon Natale Vincenzo! Cent anni!

[@vincenzosplate]

Buone feste anche a te David ❤

[@Rand8688]

Merry Christmas Vincenzo ty for the recipe just beautiful

[@palletcolorato]

I will try this. Merry Christmas from Canada!

[@martinferenczi1467]

I will definitely make this for Christmas 😀Thanks!

[@vincenzosplate]

Awesome! Can’t wait for you to try this recipe 😍

[@labnine3362]

I love your enthusiasm!

[@vincenzosplate]

Thank you! Your support and appreciation mean a lot. Stay tuned for more exciting recipes and culinary adventures! 🙌🍽️😊

[@TAHS33]

Thanks for sharing your recipe's

[@vincenzosplate]

it's always a pleasure for us!

[@jamesmcnerney5388]

To me no Christmas Eve table is complete without a plate of struffoli!!!

[@josettemonachino4162]

Thank you for this beautiful recipe. My family made it every year, but no lemon cello, or orange zest. This honestly looks so much better. Sorry grandma! I’ve never made it myself, but am going to try your recipe. I think my grandma will be very happy ❤️

[@vincenzosplate]

Sounds great!

[@schragjr2379]

I'm going to try making this. Thanks!

[@vincenzosplate]

great, I'm sure you will love it 😍

[@kathleenhensley5951]

my mother used to make it at Christmas time. She used to make them as thin bows.. no lemoncello. She never gave me the recipe so I never made it, myself. She used her hands. She came from Agropoli Italy in 1920 and for some reason never wrote her recipes down so I would watch her and try to memorize her amounts and processes... failed with Struffoli, though. Couldn't even remember the name for the longest time.

[@ejnedia7951]

That looks sweet chef

[@vincenzosplate]

It is 😋

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

LOVED IT! 😍

[@vincenzosplate]

Glad you liked it!!

[@mooopy4887]

Thank you for the recipe Vincenzo, I'll make this for sure, it looks awesome

[@vincenzosplate]

Awesome! It’s always a pleasure for me 🙏🏻 please try making this recipe and let me know

[@mooopy4887]

@@vincenzosplate I'll try making this recipe in Christmas, I'll be sure to let you know :D

[@pyrus6337]

Looks amazing, thank you for the recipe Vincenzo

[@vincenzosplate]

My pleasure!! Are you going to make Struffoli?

[@pyrus6337]

For sure :D

[@JERSEYTOMATO]

FABULOUS

[@vincenzosplate]

Wow thank you!!

[@miranda6253]

That looks so amazing!😋 Definitely making Struffoli when i’m not on a diët anymore. Sjeez… Now i’m hungry.😂

[@vincenzosplate]

Amazing! I can’t wait for you to try this recipe 😍

[@nickcasenta5651]

Ciao Vincenzo. I will try to make them sometime

[@rifaifadlytahuna7432]

Thanks vincenzo 👍👍👏👏

[@vincenzosplate]

My pleasure!

[@trannigan3349]

This recipe looks fantastic

[@vincenzosplate]

Oh wow I’m glad you think so 🙏🏻

[@trannigan3349]

@@vincenzosplate I do, they look really tasty

[@DonPatrono]

In Taranto we call these Sannacchijudere, and when your relatives make those you truly feel like Christmas is incumbent...sigh, only eight months until we can taste those again

[@vincenzosplate]

Thanks for sharing your holiday tradition with us! Can't wait for you to try this recipe during the upcoming holiday season 🎄🍴

[@finam2022]

My parents are from Pomarico, near Taranto and my mom would add chopped nuts and tiny bit of cinnamon sugar to the honey-laden struffoli and we called it, "la pigniolatta".

[@carold8345]

Thank you, Thank you!

[@vincenzosplate]

It was a pleasure! Have you ever tried struffoli?

[@carold8345]

@@vincenzosplate Yes, when I was a child, my Nanna would make it. I’d watch her do it, but she never shared the recipe, and with all the dialects in the family, I didn’t know it’s name. I’m in my sixties, and wanted to make it, but the recipe was long lost to life. Besides, I always thought there was chickpeas in it, and that cloudy remembrance made it hard to find the recipe. Thank you for bringing it back to me. I will make it for Valentine’s Day. Christmas desserts are already accounted for 😃. I will also look into making your Nonna’s limoncello. I have lemons to use up. Thank you for sharing our culture.

[@KillerBebe]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@vincenzosplate]

Same to you ❤️ happy holidays

[@marketernabbo]

Amazing!

[@vincenzosplate]

You should make it for your family

[@mandanokwe7279]

Looks delilous

[@vincenzosplate]

It really is 🤤

[@vitopascaretta]

We used to eat struffoli when children, qui in Brasile, comunque da molto non lo facciamo. Grazie del bel ricordo!

[@vincenzosplate]

è un piacere per me 🙏🏻

[@hajnalkabalogh9026]

Merry Christmas!

[@vincenzosplate]

Happy holidays!

[@yolandagofigure]

My mother loves it

[@Positiveenergy68]

I’m making mine as we speak! Great video!

[@vincenzosplate]

Awesome! Have you tried it? How it was?

[@Positiveenergy68]

@@vincenzosplate I actually make my grandmother’s recipe, but I will be trying yours soon. Looks fantastic! I’m making your Tarali Al Vino today.

[@laurapedro1286]

What great fantastic video Vincenzo you’ve welcome

[@vincenzosplate]

Thank you Laura. This is a special recipe. Will you try it?

[@marcodm]

Mia zia, mia mamma, mia suoccera le fa . Devo incominciare le fare io. Buon Natale da Montreal. Have to practice my Italian writing 👍

[@vincenzosplate]

Soo dovresti provare a farli tu 😍

[@tunnus.123]

Great.

[@vincenzosplate]

Thank you my friend 🙏🏻

[@bdeitur]

Than you. My Aunt always made this. How long before Christmas can you make them? How do you store them so they last better? Is it better to make and fry the balls early and then add the honey closer to Christmas?

[@vincenzosplate]

Well you should make the whole recipe one or two days before Christmas!

[@pauldesjardins1060]

Great video sir!!! My wife who's family is from Vasto Abbruzzo makes a very similar dish called cicerchiata. Maybe you could do that one too!!!

[@juzepi3848]

I think the 2 are the same! I prefer the name "cicerchiata" because it refers to the look of the balls that resemble "ceci" (chick peas).

[@vincenzosplate]

It is the same dessert! It is called in different ways, depends on the region! But yes I’m Abruzzo we call it Cicerchiata

[@AsianTVOnline-z1q]

Your cooking is beautiful as always. Love from Bangladesh. -Romance talukder

[@Barbarella70]

If serving on Xmas day how far ahead can you prepare them. Can you leave it out at room temperature?

[@marinadesantis2914]

Hi Vincenzo Please could you make Porchetta Grazie 😊 Please let me know what’s going on your table Christmas Day Ciao Ciao

[@vincenzosplate]

hi! Here you can find my Porchetta recipe www.vincenzosplate.com/porchetta-recipe/

[@marcomartiniello499]

Cicirchiata ❤

[@xtracheese6374]

Just like ones Nona use to throw at me🥰

[@ticalinda9898]

Recepie for canolis please

[@Maplecook]

My nonna never did it like this...haha (That's a joke. Don't hate me!) lol Seriously though, awesome job, as always! =)

[@vincenzosplate]

many many thanks! 🙏🏻 Have you ever tried Struffoli?

[@Jeff-mb8ue]

Shame on your Nonna!!!

[@victoriaroberts7837]

How do you keep the honey from falling of the struffoli? When I make it the honey collects on the bottom of the disk by the next day.

[@sandroheilmann]

my aunts make these every year for us

[@vincenzosplate]

Oh wow 🤩 did you ever get the recipe from them?

[@sandroheilmann]

@@vincenzosplate i never asked but this year there wont be any since they visit grandma in italy over christmas

[@Patt12]

A tip Who not have limoncello can use white dry wine

[@craftlander2636]

Can you use crema di limoncello

[@vincenzosplate]

sure!

[@FabrizioPati-i6f]

Struffoli are good, but Salento purciddhuzzi are better. No eggs, and the flour is mixed with olive oil, mandarin juice and anise liqueur, and flavored with lemon peel. You will find many recipes online because, practically, every family has their own. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone

[@darkl3ad3r]

My wife and I made some this year but the honey is completely solidified and it is HARD to pull the balls apart. This never used to happen when my grandma made it back in the day. Why is that?

[@Mediterranean81]

This is similar to moroccan chebakia

[@vincenzosplate]

Wow interesting

[@eyelessnevermore]

How are these different than Pignolata?

[@pennyiuliano7604]

Hi it’s the same thing ,everyone does it different,where I come from we only use flour and eggs and some salt and it’s cooked in honey for 15 minutes 😊🇦🇺

[@longnosearchery4283]

It was soo beautiful.. up until the sprinkles .... WHYYY :p

[@vincenzosplate]

thank you! Of course you can add something else on top

[@Joe-xl4ub]

Love your recipes but you have us stumped. In the video, you said 250 Grams is 1 and 1/3 cup, the recipe you wrote says it's 1.66 cups and if you google 250 Grams of flour it says it is equal to 2 cups. What do you think?

[@experiencefloridawithjulie4568]

Grams is a weight. Cups isn’t a weight, it’s a size. The same weight of different ingredients can result in different sizes. The measurement in Cups for 250 grams of water will be different than 250 grams of sugar.

[@SLICK-GLN]

Looks like honey covered cheetos lol

[@vincenzosplate]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dominicsaputo8198]

We call it pignolata

[@vincenzosplate]

oh yes! In abruzzo it is called Cicerchiata

[@annaelisio3381]

My mother used to make this in Calabria and here in Canada every Christmas. She always referred to it as pigniolata and this name will stick with me and my family as a reminder of my Calabrian roots. Thank you Vinzenzo for helping us perfect this Christmas memory! Buon Natale🎄❤️🎄

[@RS_Princess90]

No, I am sorry as a Italian woman born in Australia Struffoli is a dish/ dessert from Naples not from the south of Italy.

[@vincenzosplate]

Thank you for sharing that insight! It's always valuable to have the regional context, and I appreciate your clarification. Struffoli from Naples sounds absolutely delightful, and I'm sure it brings a unique flavor that captures the essence of that region.

[@FrankM0613]

Is Naples not in the south of Italy?

[@pryhosm]

I bet it took a week to clean that pan!

[@vincenzosplate]

Hahaha nooo why?

[@erikbrowning5997]

Sopranos

[@Patt12]

They look more like chickpeas

[@andreujuanc]

I love them, but I don't like those fake colorful thingies you added at the end :)

[@vincenzosplate]

of course you can avoid them!