Ingredients:
Zeppola
160 ml / 0.66 cup of water
100 g / 3,52 oz of butter
5 eggs
A pinch of salt
Vanilla
Cream
500 ml / 2.11 cups of milk
45 g / 6 tbsp of cornstarch
50 g / 4 tbsp of sugar
Vanilla
Lemon zest
Topping
black cherries in syrup
powdered sugar
How to make it:
First, prepare the zeppole dough.
Preheat the oven to 190° C / 374° F, as the dough needs to be prepared quickly.
In a medium saucepan, combine the water, butter and a pinch of salt.
When it comes to a boil, add the flour and mix immediately. Cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and continue stirring.
Add the 5 eggs one at a time and mix immediately until the mixture is smooth again, then add the second egg and so on until all the eggs have been incorporated.
Place the dough in a pastry bag with a very wide nozzle and make the zeppole.
You can make the classic zeppole on a baking sheet lined with baking paper by simply making a ring with two rounds of dough, about 6 cm in diameter, with a hole in the middle, like a doughnut.
But I want to make the giant zeppola, so I will make a kind of giant doughnut in a buttered doughnut-shaped baking pan, or you can make it directly on baking paper by making 3-4 turns with the dough, creating a ring about 22-24 centimeters in diameter.
Bake at 190° C / 374° F for 25 minutes if the zeppole are small and 35 minutes if they are large.
Prepare the cream.
In a saucepan, combine all the cold ingredients and mix well. Turn the heat to medium and stir slowly.
When it starts to boil, start stirring faster. When it comes to a boil, continue stirring for another minute, then remove from the heat and continue stirring for a few seconds.
In the meantime, cook the zeppole; when they cool down a little, they will deflate, especially if you made them big, this is normal.
Once the cream is cold, put it in a pastry bag with a large nozzle and fill the zeppole with cream, making holes every 5-6 cm.
Spread enough cream to make a circle of cream on top of the zeppole.
Place a black cherry in syrup in the center of this circle and coat the zeppole with the syrup from the black cherry.
Sprinkle it with powdered sugar to taste.
And Daddy will be happy!
