Italian Frittella - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb ricotta cheese
2 cups all-purpose flour
5 eggs
1 dash salt
5 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 cup powdered sugar, for dusting

Preparation

Mix ALL ingredients and let stand for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, heat about an inch of oil in a heavy frying pan, make sure it is very hot so that the dough will sizzle once it hits the water. You can test it by taking a tiny bit of dough and throw it in the pan, it should brown quickly.
Take s spoonfull of the dough and drop it in the hot oil. They will cook for a couple minutes Once the dough turns itself over in the oil and all sides are a nice golden brown they are done.
Place them on a paper towel to soak the oil up.
Coat them with powdered sugar. You can sprinkle it or toss them in a ziploc bag with powdered sugar. It just depends how much sugar you like.