Recipe Courtesy of Cooking With Nonna

On March 19th, Italian’s celebrate the patron saint, Saint Joseph, aka San Giuseppe. Most saint days are honored with a bread or pastry. Saint Joseph is celebrated with Sfince, a fried zeppole filled and topped with cannoli cream or custard.

I searched high and low for a recipe as close to the Sfince made in Palermo, Sicily, where my family is from. I have to say, this Cooking With Nonna recipe was spot on and easy to follow.

Tip: these babies expand to triple+ the size while frying. I used a 1.25 in diameter icecream scooper to measure and drop into the oil and they grew to about a fist size which was perfect.

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