New Orleans Style Beignets
Serves
32
Total Time
160 MINS
Calories
69
A New Orleans classic. Best served warm in a cloud of sugar, alongside a strong coffee. Sunday breakfasting at its finest.
- Water
120 g (about ½ cup)warm
- Granulated sugar
50 g (about 3 ⅞ tablespoons)
- Active dried yeast
7.5 g (about 1 ⅞ teaspoons)
- Egg
1 (about 50 g)
- Salt
1 g (about ⅛ teaspoon)
- Evaporated milk
125 g (about ½ cup)
- All purpose flour
2 cups (about 259.2 g)
- Unsalted butter
25 g (about 1 ¾ tablespoons)
- Sunflower oil
as needed
- Powdered sugar
as needed
INGREDIENTS
- 1. Add water, granulated sugar and active dried yeast to a clean stand mixer bowl
- 2. Whisk together
- 3. Leave - 10 min
- 4. Add egg, salt and evaporated milk to the dough
- 5. Mix until combined
- 6. Add all purpose flour and unsalted butter to the dough
- 7. Mix until combined
- 8. Add all purpose flour to the dough
- 9. Mix until dough forms - approx 10 min
- 10. Transfer dough to large mixing bowl
- 11. Cover with plastic wrap
- 12. Let rise - 2 hr
- 13. Heat sunflower oil to the large mixing bowl
- 14. Roll out stand mixer bowl until 1/4" thick
- 15. Cut into squares
- 16. Fry with slotted spoon until golden brown
- 17. Drain with paper towels
- 18. Dust with powdered sugar
METHOD
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