Donuts are a dish that is fried all over the world. They are called, prepared differently, but their essence remains the same. These are magnificent and very tasty dough products that are fried in a large amount of deep fat.
Let us and we will consider the simplest and easiest recipe for making donuts in milk. To do this, take 150 grams of flour, the same amount of granulated sugar, 1 liter of milk, 8 eggs, 1 lemon, a little breadcrumbs and vegetable oil for frying in sufficient quantities.
To begin with, put sugar in a bowl, add 4 whole eggs and 4 more yolks from the remaining ones, rubbed zest with lemon and all this, thoroughly mixed, beat with a whisk. In another bowl, mix the flour and milk so that there are no lumps. Now combine both mixtures and mix again. Having poured the resulting mass into a saucepan, put it on a slow fire and boil it, without stopping stirring with a wooden spatula, until thickened. Then we need a wide dish with low edges in order to cool the choux pastry in it , having previously leveled its surface. Without removing from the dishes, cut the dough into rhombuses, roll them in grated breadcrumbs and dip them into the remaining proteins, which we also previously beaten. Donuts are ready to fry in a large amount of oil until they are rosy. Before serving, they must be sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Do not think that these are donuts with powdered sugar. Not at all. About how to make donuts of this kind is a separate conversation. The recipe for donuts with powdered sugar is slightly different from the above. Among the ingredients, most of the cheese. You need to take at least 600 grams, preferably home-made cottage cheese. But eggs will be required much less - only 3. We also take a glass of flour and sugar, a lot of powdered sugar and salt on the tip of a knife. You will also need a food baking powder or soda vinegar extinguished .
How to make donuts with powdered sugar? We mix all the ingredients except powdered sugar, grind to smoothness, add the baking powder and cover the flour, mix thoroughly. The dough should not turn out liquid, because balls will have to be formed from it. We fry the donuts, put them in a sieve or colander so that excess fat is drained and now, roll them twice in icing sugar, and we get hot donuts with icing sugar.
An original recipe for making donut curls. For them, you need to take 350 grams of flour, half a glass of dry white wine, 2 eggs, 50 grams of butter and sugar. Well, the essential components of donuts: salt, powdered sugar and cooking oil for frying.
Preparing the dough is simple. All components are thoroughly mixed and removed for proofing, which takes about 30 minutes. After this time, the dough rolls onto long fifteen-centimeter strands, which are twisted in pairs among themselves, and then connected into circles. The resulting rings are fried in a large amount of boiling deep fat and then sprinkled with powdered sugar. Such donuts are eaten hot.
The donut recipe would be unfinished if we did not give a description of this stuffed dish. We cook them with nuts and lemon, and you can replace the filling with any other. For such donuts you will need: 6 glasses of flour, 10 grams of yeast, an incomplete glass of granulated sugar, 2 glasses of milk, 8 eggs, 6 tablespoons of softened butter, 100 grams of ghee, juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons of brandy. For the filling: 400 grams of nuts, 2-3 lemons and a half cup of sugar.
Knead the dough, let it come, roll it into 2 layers of medium thickness, cut circles. They put the filling on one, cover the other and press the edges. After frying, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Bon Appetit!