Maritozzi

Name: Maritozzi
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 400g strong flour; 150ml warm milk; 2 eggs; 70g sugar, plus extra for the cream; 60g butter or olive oil; Orange zest and 7g yeast; 400ml whipping cream

Maritozzi/mah-ree-TOT-tsee/

Also known as: Maritozzo, Maritozzi con la Panna, Roman Cream Buns

About this dish

Soft, sweet brioche buns from Rome split open and filled generously with whipped cream.

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Ingredients

🌾400g strong flour

🥛150ml warm milk

🥚2 eggs

🍬70g sugar, plus extra for the cream

🧈60g butter or olive oil

🍊Orange zest and 7g yeast

🥛400ml whipping cream

Method

Serves 4

Knead the flour, milk, eggs, sugar, yeast and zest, then work in the butter until smooth.

Rise until doubled, then shape into small ovals and rise again.

Brush with egg and bake at 180°C (350°F) for 15–18 minutes.

Once cool, brush with sugar syrup and slit each bun deeply.

Fill generously with sweetened whipped cream and smooth the top flat.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Maritozzi are a Roman breakfast tradition with coffee; once given by suitors to their fiancées, sometimes with a ring inside.

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