ZEPPOLE DI SAN GIUSEPPE, OVEN BAKED

Zeppole di San Giuseppe, for Italian Father’s Day. The traditional Zeppole here are flavored with orange and oven baked till golden brown, then filled with a beautiful vanilla bean pastry cream. The topping is a piping of pastry cream and a sour cherry for decoration.

Choux Pastry:
150 ml water
100 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
the zest of 1 orange
50 g unsalted butter
160 g flour 00, sifted
4 eggs, organic free range

Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream:
500 ml whole milk (3.25%)
1 vanilla bean
6 egg yolks, organic free range
140 g granulated sugar
45 g corn starch
Topping:
sour cherries

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