Maritozzi: The Age-Old Roman Breakfast Pastry That’s Easily Made at Home

Name: Maritozzi: The Age-Old Roman Breakfast Pastry That’s Easily Made at Home
Ingredients: 2 tsp. active dry yeast; 1 Tbsp. (21 g) honey; 2 1 ⁄ 2 cups plus 2 Tbsp. (330 g) all-purpose flour, divided; 1 ⁄ 3 cup (40 g) bread flour; 1 ⁄ 3 cup (66 g) sugar; 1 ⁄ 2 tsp. kosher salt; 4 Tbsp. (57 g) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and softened; 2 Tbsp. (53 g) olive oil, plus more for bowl; 3 large eggs; 2 tsp. finely grated orange or lemon zest; 3 Tbsp. (40 g) sugar, optional; 1 1 ⁄ 4 cups heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks* and sweetened to taste with confectioner’s sugar

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Maritozzi buns aren’t well known outside of Rome, but these lightly sweetened, football-shaped brioche-style buns are the kind of breakfast that practically demand to be slowly savored.

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Ingredients

2 tsp. active dry yeast
1 Tbsp. (21 g) honey
2 1⁄2 cups plus 2 Tbsp. (330 g) all-purpose flour, divided
1⁄3 cup (40 g) bread flour
1⁄3 cup (66 g) sugar
1⁄2 tsp. kosher salt
4 Tbsp. (57 g) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and softened
2 Tbsp. (53 g) olive oil, plus more for bowl
3 large eggs
2 tsp. finely grated orange or lemon zest
3 Tbsp. (40 g) sugar, optional
1 1⁄4 cups heavy cream, whipped to stiff peaks* and sweetened to taste with confectioner’s sugar