I remember my grandmother frying the struffoli and then drizzling them with honey and sprinkles. They were wonderful. My aunt had the pizzelle iron - they were her specialty.
I don't love tiramisu, but I'm not a big fan of coffee-flavored desserts. But give me a cannoli or a sfogliatelle any day (PB, I'm thinking Egidio's).
As for i sfingi, are they something different than the St. Joseph pastries? We call the pastries that you only get in March I Sfingi di San Giuseppe.
SB,
Strange as it might seem, my family didn't really do the St. Joseph day feast. My husbands' grandmother did and I remember going once to see how she had decorated. I don't know why but that wasn't the "event" in my family as it seems to have been with others.
As for Sfinghi, for us it was a Christmas treat. I never have made it but I remember my grandmother making the dough and shaping or "bunching" (for lack of a better word)them and putting in boiling oil for just a few minutes. She then coated it with either sugar or powdered sugar (don't remember which).
TIS
