Pizzelle are traditional Italian waffle cookies beloved the world over. Chef and food writer Matt Degen explains how easy it is to make pizzelle and the simple equipment you’ll need to do so.
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Easy Pizzelle Recipe:
(Makes about a dozen pizzelle)
2 eggs
1/8 cup vegetable oil or melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract or anise extract
1 cup flour (all purpose or gluten free)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
00:00 Intro
01:29 About pizzelle cookies
05:38 How to make pizzelle
10:40 Pizzelle vs stroopwafel
11:35 Trivia time!
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Looks great! I've always been curious about mixing, maybe a video idea. Like, what happens when you over or undermix something? Do different batters react differently to different mixing techniques?
Make your batter a little thinner for a more delicate pizzelle, one you can roll up more easily into a skinny pirouette cookie. You need to use a little more dough so that it fills the shape on the iron when pressed. Try using a small scoop/disher. That's a vintage Irvinware Ice Crusher. That would take some time to crush ice in tiny amounts!
Or you can make Norwegian Krumkaka. Usually vanilla or cardamom flavored.
We have made krumkaka for generations.
In case anyone is not living near great thrift stores like Matt does, you can get these online for about $30. I really love pizelles so I might gift myself one.
The trivia item is an ice crusher.
Brilliant episode. These remind me of my childhood, Mom's friends would gather their machines for a pizzelle party and the kids would get to eat all the ones that weren't perfect; the perfect ones were put away for family gatherings. So to us kids – it was win-win. And just icing sugar was my favourite topping.
Pizzelle is the plural form, pizzella is the singular. Pizzelle is pronounced similar to pizza with a "ts" sound, stress on the second syllable: peet-SELL.
Wow so yummy done connect
Pizzelle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sfSbQmJSDI You can ask Youtube how to pronounce just about anything It has several pronunciation guides
ooh! I may order one of these. I bet it could also be used to make cannolis. I learn so much from you. Without peeking at other comments, I know what that is because I have one. It's an ice crusher.
Im curious about your recipe..where did you find it?
Another great episode.
Maybe this is a silly question: Isn't pizzelle like a forerunnner of the ice cream cone?
Trivia: Is that clamping device a tomato-crusher?
It looks like an individual ice cube crusher very vintage. Irwinware model possibly.
The trivia item is an ice crusher. I have eaten pizzelle, but have never made them.
For almost six decades, I've been making Norwegian krumkake wafers on my gas stove top with a Nordic Ware stove-top setup that had been my late mother-in-law's since the early 1950s. Two years ago, I received an electric pizzelle maker as a Christmas gift.
Funny thing, the results from both items are essentially identical! As the old saying goes: "Six of one, half dozen of the other!"
My Italian neighbor used to bring me homemade pizzelles every Christmas! 🎄
Try substituting a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder for flour for chocolate pizzelle with anise extract. Very delicious.