Ingredients
 For dough
 4 eggs
 4 tablespoons of sugar
 2 tablespoons olive oil
 500 grams (about 16 ounces) of flour
 1 teaspoon of baking powder
 1 shot of sambuca
 grated rind of one lemon and one orange
 
 oil for frying
 
 for dusting
 icing sugar
 
 Ingredienti (Original Italian Text)
 4 uova
 4 cucchiai di zucchero
 2 cucchiai d'olio
 500 g di farina
 1 bustina di lievito in polvere
 1 bicchierino di sambuca
 la buccia grattugiata di un limone ed un'arancia
 
 olio per la frittura
 
 zucchero a velo
  
  Directions
 The scroccafusi are a typical sweet carnival civitonico. The Marche region has included in the list of traditional Italian food products.
  
  N.B. Recipe directions are not given in Wikibooks. However, this style of fritter is generally easy to do. Make the dough with the ingredients, presented; shape them into balls. Fry the balls. Cool. And dust with icing sugar prior to serving. Best fresh.
  
  Original Italian Text
  
  Gli scroccafusi sono un tipico dolce carnevalesco civitonico. La regione Marche lo ha inserito nell'elenco dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali italiani.
 
 
 
   Notes
 "The scroccafusi are a typical sweet carnival civitonico. The Marche region has included in the list of traditional Italian food products...........Gli scroccafusi sono un tipico dolce carnevalesco civitonico. La regione Marche lo ha inserito nell'elenco dei prodotti agroalimentari tradizionali italiani. Photo: Mary Melfi. N.B. For an alternative recipe that is baked see Italy Revisited/"Cookies with Nuts."  |