Traditional St. Joseph’s Ricotta Cream Puffs - Lidia

Ingredients

• For the Filling:
• 3 cups fresh ricotta (preferably buffalo)
• ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 cup finely diced candied orange peel
• 1/4 cup finely diced candied lemon peel
• 1/4 cup small chocolate chips or bittersweet chocolate chopped in small pieces
• For the zeppole:
• 1 cup water
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unbleached, unsifted flour
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• 6 cups vegetable oil (if frying the zeppole)
• confectioners’ sugar