Italian castagnole with lemon are delicious fried balls that can be filled with cream or sugar and are very easy to make. Castagnole are a traditional Italian sweet and are prepared for the Carnival festival. There are different types of castagnole: soft, crunchy and creamy, but they are all very tasty. If you have never tried them, I suggest you do it, they will conquer you from the first bite. Let’s see together what we need and how to make Italian Castagnole with lemon.
Do not miss the famous Frittelle with apples and orange, another Italian recipe.
Ingredients
WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE CASTAGNOLE
FOR THE BATH
Tools
Steps
PROCEDURE
To make the lemon castagnole, you must first prepare the water. In a saucepan, boil the water with the sugar, let it cool down and add the liqueur and keep it aside.
Blend the lemon with the sugar, pour the mixture into a bowl and add the eggs, ricotta and finally the flour with baking powder. The dough will be very soft let’s say soft. Heat the oil very well and, with the help of two teaspoons, make some small piles and dip them in the boiling oil. Cook the castagnole on both sides. Once you dip the piles into the oil, if they will become a nice swollen ball, then the consistency of the dough is perfect, but if they will turn into a pancake or will form cracks, it means that you will have to add in the first case a little more flour and in the second case a little milk, so do a test. Drain them on absorbent paper and, once you have finished frying, pass them quickly in the water and then in the caster sugar. Enjoy them hot but they are also delicious cold.
Varied doses for servings