Delicious Italian bomboloni filled with cream, made with a mix of flours and flavored with lemon. The dough is left to rise before being shaped into circles, fried, and coated in sugar. Perfect for a sweet treat!
1: In a bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, and flour for a few minutes.
2: Heat the milk in a saucepan and add the egg mixture in the center without stirring. Cook until 'volcanoes' form, then stir and cook on low for 5 minutes until done.
3: For the bombolone dough, dissolve the yeast in warm milk, and mix with melted butter, egg, lemon zest, and sugar in a mixer.
4: Add the flours and knead for 10 minutes.
5: Let the dough rise in a bowl for 2-3 hours.
6: Punch down the dough and roll it out to form a rectangle, then cut out circles.
7: Place the circles on parchment paper and let rise for another hour.
8: Heat abundant frying oil in a tall pot and fry the bomboloni two at a time, a few minutes on each side.
9: Drain on paper towel and immediately toss in granulated sugar.
10: Fill each bombolone with cream.
