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Pasta di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Day Pasta)

St Joseph’s day

St. Joseph’s Day is a major feast day celebrated in Sicily where my dad’s grandparents were born. Legend has it that the people of Sicily were suffering through a severe drought in the Middle Ages and prayed to St. Joseph to send rain. They commemorate the coming of the rain each year on March 19, St. Joseph’s Day, which is also the day Father’s Day is celebrated throughout Italy.
Patsy's Italian Restaurant - RECIPE MONDAY ST. JOSEPH’S DAY • ZEPPOLE March 19 is the St. Joseph’s Day, a distinctly Italian holiday that celebrates the saint’s intervention to end a drought. In our family, it is also commemorated as the name day of my dad, my son, my brother-in-law, and my mother-in-law Josephine. (And I sneak in, too, because Joseph is my middle name.) That’s a lot of Josephs. St. Joseph, the father of Jesus, is especially venerated by Italians from the southern part of the country, such as my ancestors. During a drought in Sicily, the people prayed to St. Joseph for relief. When it came, they celebrated with a feast (of course!) from the harvest. Many Italian families build an altar to St. Joseph, laden with breads and desserts, made from wheat, the most important crop that was saved. Some places in Italy use March 19 extra meaning, celebrating it as a kind of Father’s Day. Italian bakeries really go all out for this holiday, and decorated breads are a big item. The other hot item that every Italian bakery must sell for St Joseph’s Day is zeppole, a dessert that makes a donut look like diet food. While many people stop by a pasticceria to buy baked goods, many wives and mothers make the desserts at home to honor their male head of the household. Zeppole Makes 12 zeppole Zeppole, a kind of filled doughnut, is by far the most famous of St. Joseph’s Day sweets, and for a few days before and after March 19, they line the shelves of Italian bakeries. This is my homemade version, stuffed and topped with pastry cream. You will need a pastry bag with two ½-inch-diameter tips, one plain and one open star. Pastry Cream: 3 cups whole milk ½ cup sugar ½ cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons cornstarch 6 large egg yolks 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract Finely grated zest of ½ orange Finely grated zest of ½ lemon Zeppole: ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 tablespoons 1 tablespoon granulated sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 large eggs, at room temperature, beaten to blend Vegetable oil, for deep-frying 12 maraschino cherries with stems, drained on paper towels Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting 1. To make the filling: Bring the milk to a simmer in a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk the flour, sugar, and cornstarch together in a medium heatproof bowl. Whisk the hot milk into the flour. Whisk the yolks in a small bowl. Quickly whisk the egg yolks into the hot milk mixture. Return to the saucepan. Bring to a full boil over medium heat, whisking almost constantly. Reduce the heat to medium-low and whisk and let boil for 1 minute. Strain through a wire mesh sieve into a medium bowl. Whisk in the vanilla, orange zest, and lemon zest. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pastry cream, pierce a few slits in the wrap with the tip of a knife, and let cool until tepid. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours or up to 2 days. 2. To make the zeppole: Cut twelve 3-inch squares of parchment paper. Line a large baking sheet with paper towels. 3. Bring 1 cup water, the butter, granulated sugar, and salt to a boil in a medium saucepan over high heat, stirring occasionally to help the butter melt by the time the water boils. Reduce the heat to medium. Add the flour all at once and stir briskly with a wooden spoon to make a stiff dough. Stir until the dough is beginning to film the bottom of the saucepan, about 1½ minutes. Transfer to a large bowl and let cool for 5 minutes. Using an electric mixer set on medium speed, beat in the eggs in four additions, letting the first addition be absorbed into the dough before adding another. 4. Fit a large pastry bag with a ½-inch fluted pastry tip. Transfer the warm dough to the bag. Pipe a 2¾-inch-diameter circle of dough onto each waxed paper square, with a second ring of dough inside next to the first ring to make a doughnut shape. 5. Pour enough oil into a large wide saucepan to come halfway up the sides and heat over high heat to 360ºF. In batches without crowding, deep-fry the zeppole until set and the paper squares can be removed with kitchen tongs, about 1 minute. Continue deep-frying, turning halfway through cooking, until the zeppole are golden brown, about 2½ minutes more. Using a wire skimmer or slotted spoon, transfer to the paper towels to drain and cool. 6. To assemble the zeppole: Using a serrated knife, cut each zeppole in half horizontally. Transfer the chilled filling to a large pastry bag fitted with a ½-inch open star pastry tip. Pipe the filling onto the bottom of each zeppole to fill it, and replace the top. Pipe a rosette of filling into the center of each zeppole to cover the hole, and top with a cherry. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Just before serving, dust confectioners’ sugar through a wire sieve over the zeppole. Photo by GurwinPhotography

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RECIPE MONDAY ST. JOSEPH’S DAY • ZEPPOLE March 19 is the St. Joseph’s Day, a distinctly Italian holiday that celebrates the saint’s intervention to end a drought. In our family, it is also...
Pasta di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Day Pasta)

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St. Joseph’s Day is a major feast day celebrated in Sicily where my dad’s grandparents were born. Legend has it that the people of Sicily were suffering through a severe drought in the Middle Ages and prayed to St. Joseph to send rain. They commemorate the coming of the rain each year on March 19, St. Joseph’s Day, which is also the day Father’s Day is celebrated throughout Italy.
SFINGI DI SAN GIUSEPPE PALERMITANI..SAINT JOSEPH’S SFINGI PASTRY, PALERMO STYLE

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Authentic St. Joseph's Day Pasta

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By: Francesca Montillo, ISDA Food + Travel Writer Eaten year-round, but especially on March 19, the day Italians celebrate the feast day of St. Joseph, this humble dish calls for just a few ingredients. The name comes from the main ingredient, the breadcrumbs, which are said to resemble the sawdust left behind after a carpenter’s workday. … Continued
Sicilian Pasta con Sarde - St. Joseph's Pasta

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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...This is a simple, but classic, Sicilian pasta that has Arabic overtones. The sauce is made with tomatoes, fennel, raisins, sardines and pine nuts. It is usually spooned over a broad or tubular pasta and then topped with a generous sprinkling of toasted breadcrumbs. While I have chosen a simple toss and top application, some cooks prefer to create multiple layers using these ingredients. The breadcrumbs in the dish are used in place of cheese and at one time they actually served that function for the poor. They also have a symbolic importance for those who observe St. Joseph's Day. As you know, Joseph was a carpenter and the breadcrumbs that crown this dish are used because they resemble the sawdust that would be found on the floor of a carpenter's workshop. Pasta con sarde is also known as St. Joseph's pasta, and in those communities where his feast day is still celebrated, you'll find this pasta on family tables, as well as on symbolic altars set up to feed the poor. The dish is easy to make and the sardines give it a unique, though not unpleasant flavor. It, quite simply, tastes of the sea. Raisins are used in Sicilian cooking to provide sweetness and they pair beautifully with the fennel in this recipe. I hope you'll be adventurous and give this earthy peasant dish a try. I really think you'll enjoy it. Here's the recipe. Pasta con Sarde - St. Joseph's Pasta...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite adapted from the Cucina Deliziosa Cookbook Ingredients: Sauce 1 pound sardines, canned in olive oil 1/4 cup pine nuts, slightly toasted 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup raisins 1/2 cup red wine 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 (28-ounce) can peeled Italian tomatoes packed in juice, undrained 3 tablespoons tomato paste 1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds 2 teaspoons sugar Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 pound papardelle or bucatini or linguine St. Joseph's bread crumbs Bread Crumbs 1 1/2 cups unseasoned breadcrumbs 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 teaspoon sugar Directions: 1) To make sauce: In a large pot, saute garlic in oil for 2 minutes. Add undrained tomatoes and tomato paste. Cook over medium heat, stirring and breaking up tomatoes; let cook for about 10 minutes. Add raisins, wine, pine nuts, sardines, fennel seeds, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook at least 30 minutes over low heat. Stir in oregano and parsley and simmer 10 minutes more. 2) To make bread crumbs: Toast bread crumbs in olive oil in a frying pan set over low heat. Stir constantly to prevent burning. Remove from heat and add sugar. 3) Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain. Toss pasta with sauce. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and serve immediately. Yield: 6 servings. One Year Ago Today: Baked Cod Oreganata Two Years Ago Today: Crock-Pot Apricot Jam
St. Joseph's Day Pasta with Buttered Breadcrumbs

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Pasta with Breadcrumbs is also called Sawdust Pasta or Carpenter’s Pasta. The buttered cooked bread crumbs garnish resemble wood sawdust in honor of St. Joseph, the carpenter. It is also a very simple, inexpensive, fast mea to make, and a delicious meatless meal to eat during Lent.
St. Joseph's Day Altars

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Elaborate bread sculptures grace these edible annual altars in Sicily and Sicilian communities abroad.
Sicilian Eggplant Lasagna for St Joseph's Table

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St. Joseph's Bread

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St. Joseph’s Bread St. Joseph’s Bread is a bread that is traditionally served on St. Joseph’s feast day (Feast of
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We’re Celebrating St. Joseph’s Feast Day with a Sicilian Strata

St. Joseph's Day

Oh, happy day! As some of you already know, today, March 19th, is the feast day of the Christ Child’s earthly Father, St. Joseph. Celebrated in towns and villages throughout Italy, the life o…
Sfingi di San Giuseppe

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Sfingi are an Italian traditional pastry served each March 19 for St Joseph’s Day. This recipe is a classic donut-style; bread dough sweetened with sugar and the addition of vanilla extract, then fried and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Create memories with these delightful warm and sweet treat
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A Visit to Sicily on St. Joseph’s Day

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St. Joseph’s Day is one of our favorite food holidays. It is easy to see why: just look at the spread on the St. Joseph’s Day Table below. La Tartine Gourmand went to Sicily in 2012 dur…
St.Joseph's Pastries - Zeppole di San Giuseppe

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Try this mouth-watering Zeppole di San Giuseppe just like Italians make it. Delicious pastry shell filled with silky vanilla cream and topped with amarena cherries.
St. Joseph's Tables set across America, Sicily

St josephs day

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Zeppole (Italian Doughnuts)

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St. Joseph's Feast Day

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A look at participating in the special St. Joseph's Day tradition brought to the US by Sicilian immigrants.
Pasta with Sardines - Pasta con Sarde

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Pasta with Sarde... perhaps the best known Sicilian dish around the world!
St. Joseph's Tables set across America, Sicily

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Caponata

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Learn how to make homemade caponata with this recipe! This boldly flavored Sicilian appetizer or side dish is perfect for late summer meals. Recipe yields about 6 side servings.
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The best Italian Limoncello recipe and everything you need to know about the limoncello making process, ingredients and tools you need. This recipe makes about 4 bottles (17 oz)
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Sfinciuni di San Giuseppe

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Sfinciuni di San Giuseppe - a typical Sicilian sweet eaten for St. Joseph's Day: fried doughnuts with sweet ricotta and chocolate.