St. Joseph's Day Pastry Step by Step

St. Joseph's Day is celebrated on March 19th by making Baked Filled Pastries and Zeppole.


Those are just some of the special fritters, fried doughs, or donuts, made in expectations to celebrate The Feast of St. Joseph.


Here are just a few recipes to carry on this Neapolitan tradition in this recipe post today.


While relatively unknown to the non-Italian U.S. population, one city that widely celebrates this feast day is New Orleans.


Louisiana used to be a popular arrival port for Sicilians and at one point, the now French Quarters were known as “Little Palermo.” Celebrations occur, even to this day, with traditional foods and festivities.


Mom would remind us that we need to wear red that day for St. Joseph, the patron saint of Sicily and we all did as they still do in the parades.


Several recipes vary by years past and present and carry many names throughout the Regions of Italy and America.


Here are a few we have made and loved through the years in our Italian family to celebrate St. Joseph's Day.


Just scroll down to the recipe card to print off all versions from the Regions of Italy and America for these recipes.

St. Joseph's Day Zeppole

St. Joseph's Day Pastry is a tradition that started in the 19th century in Italy that is celebrated on March 19th.

There are so many different versions of these fabulous Italian pastries made in all parts of Italy along with worldwide.

Zeppole are special fritters, fried doughs, or donuts, made in expectation of the Feast of St. Joseph that falls on March the 19th.

There are several recipes to chose from different parts of Italy that make them entirely different along with here in America.

San Guiseppe is the day for zeppole, and I make them every year to celebrate the day.

In Italy, the pastry shops make these in huge quantities on March 19th and give them out free to anyone who was lucky enough to be named "Giuseppe," (Joseph)

We just love making Italian pastries like Cannoli, Cannoli Pie, Mom's Italian Easter Cassata, and all-time favorite Eggless Tiramisu.


Our family's favorite is the creamy ricotta filling in our cream puff style pastry for our step-by-step instructions visit St. Joseph's Day Pastry blog.


Just scroll down to see all the different recipes and versions of this delicious Italian pastry called St. Joseph's Day zeppole.