Beach Kiosk & Bakery · Filled Doughnut
Bomboloni
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On Tuscan beaches, vendors walk the sand with trays of them in summer, calling out 'bomboloni caldi!' to sunbathers.
Bomboloni are round, deep-fried yeast doughnuts rolled in sugar and typically filled with pastry cream, Nutella, or jam. Tuscan bakeries and seaside kiosks sell them fresh through the morning as a grab-and-go breakfast.
Why it's made this way: The fried doughnut has roots in Tuscan and Central European frying traditions, and became a fixture of Tuscany's beach towns, where kiosks fry them to order for vacationers each summer.
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