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Zippula (pl.: zippuli; Italian: zeppola or zeppola calabrese) is a fried dough made to a recipe from Calabria, Italy. Zippula is made with flour, water, yeast, boiled potatoes, and a pinch of salt. [1] There are many variations: often anchovies are added, but salt cod, stockfish, cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, olives or 'nduja may also be added. [2]
Zeppole can also be savory, and consist of fried bread dough often filled with anchovy. In parts of Calabria, the anchovy or a sultana variety are consumed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. In Malta, anchovy zeppoli are traditionally consumed during the Lent fasting period. [5] This version of savory zeppole are known locally as sfinge.
Fried dough is a North American food associated with outdoor food stands in carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, rodeos, and seaside resorts. "Fried dough" is the specific name for a particular variety of fried bread made of a yeast dough; see the accompanying images for an example of use on carnival-booth signs.
A fried dough food found in the cuisines of Central Asia, Idel-Ural, and Mongolia. They may be thought of as cookies or biscuits, and since they are fried, they are sometimes compared to doughnuts. Bugnes: Italy, France: Buns Nigeria: A fried dough ball snack similar to puff-puff, excluding the yeast. Buñuelo: Spain
Puff-puffs are generally made of dough containing flour, yeast, sugar, butter, salt, water and eggs (which are optional), and deep-fried in vegetable oil to a golden-brown color. Baking powder can be used as a replacement for yeast, but yeast is a better option. [2] After frying, puff-puffs can be rolled in sugar.
Beignets from Haute-Savoie. Variations of fried dough can be found across cuisines internationally; however, the origin of the term beignet is specifically French. They were brought to New Orleans in the 18th century by French colonists, [10] from "the old mother country", [12] also brought by Acadians, [13] and became a large part of home-style Creole cooking.
South Africa – Koeksister, An Afrikaner desert of plaited dough, fried and steeped in cold syrup. Oliebolle met Suurmelk ("sour milk doughnuts"). Another variation is the Vetkoek, dough deep fried in oil, served with mince, syrup, honey or jam. Koe'sister A spiced doughnut rolled in coconut.
Cannoli. Some food historians place the origins of cannoli in 827–1091 in Caltanissetta, Sicily, by the concubines of princes looking to capture their attention. [10] [11] This period marks the Arab rule of the island, known then as the Emirate of Sicily, giving rise to the theory that the etymology stemmed from the Arabic word qanawāt, 'tubes', in reference to their tube-shaped shells.