48 cherry melon Recipes

struffoli - - neapolitan christmas treats, struffoli are (they re always referred to in the plural) now an absolute requirement at the end of a neapolitan christmas day dinner. however, in introducing them in la cucina napoletana, carola francesconi says their inclusion is relatively recent -- crisci mentions them several times in the book he wrote in 1634, but doesn tsp include them in his christmas menu. to make a batch you will need, dough, flour, eggs, grain alcohol, a chunk of butter the size of a small walnut, sugar, zest of a half a lemon, grated, zest of half an orange, grated, salt, pot full of olive oil for frying, seasoning (for want of a better term ), honey, sugar, water, diavolilli (tiny, variously colored candied almonds), candied cherries, halved, candied orange peel, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips, candied citron, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips, candied melon rind, half finely diced and half cut into fine strips

granny smith apples, cored and cut into 1/2-inch chunks, honeydew melon, cut into 1/2-inch chunks, pineapple rings in syrup, drained and cut into small wedges, dried cherries, plain yogurt, cream of coconut, salt

blue curacao, melon liqueur, vodka, pineapple juice, carbonated lemon-lime beverage (7up soda), orange slice, maraschino cherry

seedless watermelon, chunks, fresh fruit, cut in small cubes (peaches, nectarines, apricots, melon, grapes, cherries, etc.), handful golden raisin, mavrodaphne wine (or other sweet dessert wine like sweet samos muscat), greek thyme honey, leaves fresh spearmint (or other mint), fresh fresh doublemint spearmint (or other mint)

nectarines, apricots, mango, papaya, honeydew melon, passion fruit, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, black cherries, pitted

raw almonds , without skins. (you can buy them ready ground), garlic (1 or two cloves. i suggest you start easy and add more as you go), olive oil, sherry wine vinegar, stale bread, crusts off, salt , to taste, cold water, grapes or cubes granny smith apples or melon or stoned cherries, to serve