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Published July 16, 2013 | Last Updated July 10, 2021 By Barbara Bianchi 5 Comments

Gluten Free Pizza Fritelle

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Gluten free pizza fritelle are golden fried puffs of dough sprinkled with powdered sugar. This pastry treat will delight your tastebuds.

gluten free pizza fritelle

More than a century ago, my husband’s great-grandmother from Italy would make pizza fritelle. She passed down the tradition to her daughter who would make them, and so on. You get the picture.

This tradition was passed on from generation to generation. Every Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter we would look forward to Grandma’s pizza fritelle.

Then we found out that my husband and two of my sons had non-celiac gluten sensitivity. It was so sad that they could not indulge in this special treat anymore.

I was determined to recreate a gluten free version of pizza frittelle. And the verdict on how they compare to Grandma’s? Two thumbs up from everyone in the family.

Ingredients

The ingredients are simply gluten free flour, water, butter, salt, and eggs. We’ll be adding raisins and lemon zest to our dough. And oil for frying.  Then we’ll be dusting the finished pastry with powdered sugar. Yum.

Instructions

*Free printable recipe card is available at the end of the post.

First prepare your dough. Bring a half cup of water to a boil in a pot with the butter and a pinch of salt. Add flour, stirring into a nice warm dough. Cook on low for five minutes. Then let cool about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, zest your lemon and set aside.

Gluten Free Pizza Fritelle

When your dough is cool enough to handle, combine dough and eggs in a mixing bowl and beat for a minute. Then fold in raisins and lemon zest.

Carefully, fry the dough a tablespoon at a time, easing it into the hot oil (about 350℉) in a deep pot until golden. (The dough should sink a little and then rise to the top. If they don’t sink at all, the oil is too hot. Also, the oil should definitely not be smoking.)

Grandma used to drop loose handfuls of the dough into the oil so that they turned out in irregular shapes. No two “fritt” were the same!

With a spider spoon, lift them out of the oil and drain the pizza fritelle on a paper towel. Dust with powdered sugar and enjoy.

Pro tips and recipe notes

  • To make the lemon zest, you will need a microplane. Wash and scrub the lemon with a vegetable brush. Grate only the outer layer of the skin, rotating the lemon for just the zest and not the white pith which can be bitter. If you don’t have a microplane, you can use a regular grater.
  • Our family calls these delightful pastries, pizza fritt. You may also know them as zeppole.
  • You can either roll the pastry in powdered sugar on a plate, shake them in a paper bag, or sprinkle with a sifter or sieve.

Some foods are good for you and some foods just taste good. These gluten free pizza fritelle are awesome. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do.

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Gluten Free Pizza Fritelle

Golden fried puffs of gluten free dough sprinkled with powdered sugar is an easy traditional Italian pastry treat that will delight your tastebuds.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian-American
Keyword fritelle, zeppole
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 5
Calories 175kcal
Author Barbara Bianchi

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • pinch of salt
  • 3/4 cup Bob's Red Mill gluten free all purpose baking flour
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 3 eggs
  • zest of one lemon
  • gluten free powdered sugar
  • oil for frying

Instructions

  • Bring water to a boil with the butter and a pinch of salt. Add the flour, stirring into a nice warm dough. Cook on low for 5 minutes. Then let cool about 10 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, scrub the lemon with a vegetable brush. A lot of the flavor of the lemon is in the peel so with a microplane, grate only the outer layer of the skin, rotating the lemon for just the zest and not the white pith which can be bitter.
    If you don't have a microplane, you may use a regular grater.
  • Next, combine dough and eggs in a mixing bowl and beat for 1 minute. Then stir in raisins and lemon zest.
  • Carefully, fry the dough, a tablespoon at a time in hot oil (about 350℉) in a deep pot until golden. (The dough should sink a little and then rise to the top. If they do not sink at all, the oil is too hot. Also, the oil should definitely not be smoking.)
  • With a spider spoon, lift out of the oil and drain the pizza fritelle on a paper towel. Dust with powdered sugar and serve.

Notes

  • Our family calls these delightful pastries, pizza fritt. You may also know them as zeppole.
  • You can either roll the pastry in powdered sugar on a plate, shake them in a paper bag, or sprinkle with a sifter or sieve.

Nutrition

Calories: 175kcal
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  1. Miriam Slozberg (@msmir) says

    July 17, 2013 at 12:03 am

    Yum that looks really good. Gluten free is the way to go these days so having this great pizza recipe on hand would be a huge asset to many! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Barbara says

      July 20, 2013 at 2:10 am

      Thank you for your encouraging comments.

      Reply
  2. Tiffany DeOs says

    July 17, 2013 at 12:31 am

    You get wife of the year award! 🙂
    Tiffany
    http://thecraftyhome.net

    Reply
    • Barbara says

      July 20, 2013 at 2:09 am

      Ha ha. Thanks, Tiffany.
      He was thrilled when I surprised him with these pizza fritelle.

      Reply
  3. Jewel Williams says

    November 27, 2013 at 3:58 am

    I agree with Tiffany! This is truly loving and a really wonderful wife and mother. This recipe sounds really really great! I am missing only one ingredient, gluten free powdered sugar. May have to make this week!

    Reply

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