Description
Delicious bomboloni alla crema made with soft dough and filled with silky vanilla pastry cream. The perfect Italian treat to enjoy warm.
Ingredients
2½ cups all-purpose flour
¼ cup granulated sugar
2¼ tsp instant yeast
¾ cup warm milk
2 egg yolks
3 tbsp butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
Oil for frying
Extra sugar for coating
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, mix warm milk and yeast. Let it sit 5 minutes.
2. Add sugar, egg yolks, butter, vanilla, and flour. Mix until dough forms.
3. Knead dough for 8–10 minutes until smooth and elastic.
4. Cover and let rise until doubled in size (about 1 hour).
5. Roll dough to ½-inch thick and cut circles. Let rise again 30 minutes.
6. Heat oil to 350°F. Fry doughnuts 1–2 minutes per side until golden.
7. Roll warm bomboloni in sugar and set aside.
8. Make cream: whisk yolks, sugar, cornstarch. Heat milk, then combine slowly.
9. Cook cream until thick, remove from heat, stir in vanilla and butter.
10. Cool cream, then pipe into each bombolone from the side.
11. Serve immediately or store up to 2 days.
Notes
Serve bomboloni warm for best texture.
Vanilla bean can be used for richer cream flavor.
Do not overfill or dough may tear.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bombolone
- Calories: 230
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 65mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 40mg
Keywords: bomboloni alla crema, Italian doughnuts, vanilla cream pastries