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Carnival donuts

Carnival donuts
  • For : 30 donuts
  • Time : 2 hours + 1 day ahead
  • Difficulty : easy

Ingredients for Carnival donuts :

  • 500 g flour
  • 1 egg
  • 120 g softened butter
  • 1 sachet vanilla sugar
  • 1/2 sachet baking powder
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • zests of a lemon
  • 10 cl rum
  • (frying) oil
  • caster sugar
  • salt

Technical stages for Carnival donuts :

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Prepare all the ingredients.

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Place the flour in fountain in a bowl.

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Break the eggs...

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...add a pich salt, zests...

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...vanilla seeds, rum, vanilla sugar and baking powder.

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Mix the dough...

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...by gradually adding 15 to 20 cl water.

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Knead 15 minutes...

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...until the dough does not stick to the sides of the bowl.

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Cover and leave to rest for 1 hour.

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Roll out the dough using a rolling pin until you obtain a 1/2 cm thickness.

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Using a brush, brush the whole surface with softened butter.

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Roll it in boudin...

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...then in a snail shape. Cover and leave to rest in the fridge until the next day.

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The following day: Roll out the dough once again...

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and cut geometric shapes using a plain or fluted roller cutter.

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Heat the frying oil and cook the donuts...

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...until they turn brown and float on the surface.

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Drain them on paper towel and sprinkle with caster sugar.

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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Hemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 35 cmHemispherical rolled edge mixing bowl Ø 35 cm 34.50 Euro
Fluted wheelFluted wheel 6.81 Euro
Doughnuts fryer 16 litersDoughnuts fryer 16 liters 765.00 Euro
Eggs SeparatorEggs Separator 70.21 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
Polyethylene rolling pinPolyethylene rolling pin 32.90 Euro
Le grand livre de la pâtisserie et des dessertsLe grand livre de la pâtisserie et des desserts 29.70 Euro
Les buffets sucrés de l'école LenôtreLes buffets sucrés de l'école Lenôtre 39.90 Euro