Signs of spring: It's Zeppole time!!!

[maisonbistro]

Just saw the sign in the window at Molisana. Woohoooo, my favourite time of the year!

[mainsqueeze]

Does anyone know if they have zeppole at Patisserie Roma?

[finefoodie55]

Yes they do

[mainsqueeze]

Cheers. Have you tried them? Are they good?

I've never had a zeppole. Where's the best one?

[finefoodie55]

My favorites are Roma on BSL and Alati Caserta on Dante.They have a big volumn being in Little Italy which always means fresher you don't want a Zeppole that has been on a counter for a half day

[Joel_L]

Today I tried the zeppole at boulangerie Clark (29, rue Saint-Viateur Ouest). I'm no expert, in fact this is my first zeppole ever, but I really enjoyed it. Basically a large profiterole with ricotta filling. The pastry was as described: tough but light. Thin, but doesn't fall apart like a flaky pastry would. This allows for maximum cream stuffing, and boy was there a lot of it.

I'm getting more tomorrow... :-x

[bopuc]

I am having one of these right now. *very happy* :)

[bigfellow]

I went and bought a bunch for my kitchen staff as a treat. They had never heard of zeppole's. Very enjoyable.
Thanks for the heads up.

[finefoodie55]

Went by Alati Caserta ( 277 Dante ) on my way to JTM they have both traditional and new style cone variety in both cream and ricotta.They were delicious I think even better than Roma on St Laurent Blvd.While there they have great Canoli's and Walnut cake.This is a traditional Italian Patisserie that is family run and proud of there products.

[moh]

Eeep! Have I missed the zeppole? I was going to go out this weekend for them, but I completely forgot! I will try to go out next week for them...

[maisonbistro]

No no no, relax- at Molisana they start the 12th or 13th - so plenty of time for your zeppole sampling mission.

[moh]

Phew! Would hate to miss my yearly calorie load. Thanks Maisonbistro!

[MikeyMadness]

I plead ignorance... What is/are Zeppole? I know I could look it up but I find I learn so much from board members here that I tend to believe what I read here more than from the rest of the grandiose Interweb.

I'm still trying to find ludlab too!

[carswell]

See the thread about last year's virtual and actual zeppole crawl. Includes pics and links to other sites. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/496131

Good luck with the ludlab. I suspect it's a lost cause. <sob>

[bopuc]

You can pretty much trust wikipedia eh, at least for basics. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppole

[Arktik]

Exciting indeed!

I just bought some on Upper Lachine Road yesterday. $3/each mind you.

The sign at Molisana is a great reminder (to go somewhere else to buy Zeppole...theirs are soooo gross -oily and taste like they are filled with sweet lard)