The Bomboloni Guy

My Italian teacher told me to seek out Bomboloni during my trip to Italy a few years back.  She told me to get up early because these gorgeous warm doughnuts will be sold out at every bakery by 9am!  She was right, the only time I was able to buy bomboloni was when I was up at the crack of dawn but it was always worth it.  A bombolone (singular) is not too different from a sugar doughnut with custard or chocolate filling that you might find in the states but the dough seems a bit lighter and they are often served warm.  Since my trip (and bomboloni overdose) I have an crazy craving for them every so often and head down to the ferry building to get one or six of them. They sell them in front of the Boriana italian food specialty store with a custard or nutella filling.  They are so popular that on the weekends they have a seperate station set up in the ferry building and the "bomboloni guy" (as named by me) is standing out there surrounded by boxes and boxes of delicious fried dough!  I am going to try to make bomboloni on my own soon so will post the recipe and my experience.  I am usually a huge failure when it comes to frying things so it may be awhile before I have a success story and recipe worthy of posting!  In the meantime, head down to the ferry building for one!