INGREDIENTS

• 12 cups all purpose flour, plus extra for rolling
• 4 tablespoons baking powder
• 20 eggs

PREPARATION

On a wooden board make a pile with flour and form a well. Add baking powder evenly over flour. Crack each egg into a small bowl adding one at a time to the flour. After half of the eggs are in the center of the well, start folding the flour into the eggs. Continue to add a few of eggs at a time, mixing into the flour until all the eggs have been added. Knead dough until smooth. Cut a hand-sized piece of dough, and then cut into eighths. Roll each piece into long ropes. Cut into ¼ inch pieces and set aside. Continue until 3/4 of the dough is used.

With a rolling pin, roll out the remaining dough to ¼ inch thickness. Using a serrated pastry cutter, cut rolled out dough into ½ inch strips. Curl into an “S” shape, then form loose circles around the “S”, pinching every inch or so to form a cluster.

In a large saucepan, heat 4 inches of vegetable oil. Place 1 cup of strufoli at a time into oil. Cook until golden brown, remove and place on paper towel. Now try the ribbons using the same method.

Place some strufoli into a saucepan and cover lightly with honey. Remove and set on a plate and dust with candy sprinkles.

Photographed by Jazz Martin