Italian Frittella

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb ricotta cheese
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 eggs
• 1 dash salt
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 mix all ingredients and let stand for 15 minutes.
• 2 in the meantime, heat about an inch of oil in a heavy frying pan, make sure it is very hot so that the dough will sizzle once it hits the water. you can test it by taking a tiny bit of dough and throw it in the pan, it should brown quickly.
• 3 take s spoonfull of the dough and drop it in the hot oil. they will cook for a couple minutes once the dough turns itself over in the oil and all sides are a nice golden brown they are done.
• 4 place them on a paper towel to soak the oil up.
• 5 coat them with powdered sugar. you can sprinkle it or toss them in a ziploc bag with powdered sugar. it just depends how much sugar you like.