Fancy some deep fried treats but the last batch of donuts broke our heart? Fry the donut holes to fill that hole in our chest... or belly!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 50 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Equipment
Big frying pan with lid (to fry donuts)
Small size and medium size saucepan (to melt chocolate).
Ingredients
Dough
1cup/ 250ml Milk or waterlukewarm
½oz/ 15g Fresh yeast
5cup/ 600g Flour
2eggsseparated
4tablespoon/ 60g Butter
Coating
4oz/ 100g Chocolatesugar free
Sprinkles to cover donutssugar free, optional
Frying
Oil for fryingdo not use extra virgin olive oil to fry as it would leave donuts with a very strong after taste.
Instructions
Dough
Add yeast to half of the lukewarm milk or water and stir it well. Allow it to sit for five minutes. If it starts to bubble don't worry it's only the yeast working and it's completely normal.
Separate egg whites from yolks.
Beat egg whites until hard peaks form.
Put flour, egg yolks, butter and the rest of the milk into a big bowl. Pour in the milk and yeast mixture too.Knead until the dough is completely uniform.
Fold the egg whites into the dough.
Place the dough in a lightly floured bowl.
Cover and leave it in a warm place for half an hour to rise.
When dough is risen, turn it out onto a well-floured surface. Dust the top of the dough lightly if it's too sticky.
Use a rolling pin to flatten it out about one finger thick.
Use the smallest circle cookie cutter to cut out bite size doughnuts.
Leave them covered in a draft-free, warm spot for another 20 minutes to rise again.
Fill frying pan with oil and heat until sizzles. Don’t put donut into oil before it’s not hot enough. Be patient.
Place doughnuts into the frying pan upside down and put the lid on top. Be careful, hot oil can burn us badly. They float to the top and puff up quickly.
Flip them over to the other side.
When they are golden brown, take them out onto a kitchen towel to drain a bit.
Coating
Prepare chocolate: Break it into little pieces and place pieces in a small saucepan over a slightly bigger pan of simmering water. Stir occasionally until chocolate is melted.
Stick drained doughnut onto a metal fork and dip one side into the melted chocolate.
Leave chocolate coated doughnuts on a plate with the chocolatey bit facing upwards. Decorate them then put them in a cool place to let the chocolate dry.
Notes
Serve and enjoy them after lunch or as a snack any time of the day.