Zeppole di San Giuseppe Recipe | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1¼ cups whole milk
• 5 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1 Tbsp. white rum
• 2 tsp. plus 1 cup sugar, divided
• ¼ tsp. kosher salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 5 large eggs
• 1 Tbsp. ground cinnamon
• Vegetable oil, for frying
• Amarena cherries, halved, for garnish
• 1 lb. ricotta, drained overnight in a cheesecloth-lined strainer, or ricotta impastata
• 1 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp. finely grated orange zest