Comments on: Grispelle

By: patty

patty — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:07:17 +0000

OMG!!!! I have been looking for the recipe for these things for ever. Growing up my nona from calabria made them and nobody in my family will give it up! nobody!!!

By: Janet Ewing

Janet Ewing — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:10:22 +0000

Can you send me the recipe for Grispelle?

By: Annamarie

Annamarie — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 02:22:12 +0000

My Grandmother made grispelle every yr
but she put raisins in hers and then
honey drizzled over. I make them
they are deliscious.

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By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:46:42 +0000

Hi Peter, the ones with anchovies/sardines are called monacialli. I am going to post the recipe for them later this week.
hope you had a great Christmas… and thanks for reading.

By: Peter F. Gallo

Peter F. Gallo — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:04:17 +0000

Hello, My mother would make at christmas time, yeast dough which would be cooked in oil after they had risen. While hot we would dip them in honey. They were delicious. The last ones to be cooked were the ones with sardines.These were not dipped in honey.I remember what these were called but could not for the life of me spell the word, a dialect word for sure. My family comes from Falerna and my father-in-law’s comes from Feraleto antico. His name was Nicholas Mascaro. Oh, by the way, my grandmother was a Maruca.
Best wishes,PFG

By: Millie-Jo

Millie-Jo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:52:56 +0000

Please send me the recipe for Grispelle. My Aunt Mary made the best and NOBODY has the recipe.

By: michelle of bleeding espresso

michelle of bleeding espresso — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:01:14 +0000

Yup, those are zeppole (as Lisa wrote so wonderfully as it’s pronounced in dialect “zipolli”) here in this part of Calabria…the cream puffy things that many people know as zeppole for San Giuseppe really don’t exist in this little pocket in the CZ province–although they do in the city of Catanzaro, go figure.

Here zeppole are made with anchovies as well as without, but my grandmother in America didn’t put them in because no one liked them (although I do now–anchovies are *so* much better here!)

The festival sounds great!

By: Jady

Jady — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:17:44 +0000

“La grispellisma” sounds like a fun & delicious tradition Joe! I can recall my aunts making these as well. Hope you have a safe & wonderful New Year!

By: Lori Lynn

Lori Lynn — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:15:02 +0000

You can keep your snow Joe but I want that grispelle with anchovies. At first I thought it was sweet (not for me) but anchovy, ooh that is right up my alley.

Hope you are having a wonderful holiday.
Lori Lynn