Dessert

New Orleans Beignets

Name: New Orleans Beignets
Total time: 3h
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 500g flour; 1 packet yeast; 250ml warm milk; 1 egg; 60g sugar; 30g butter; 1/2 tsp salt; Oil for frying; Powdered sugar

Café du Monde–style square yeast doughnuts fried to a puffy crackle and buried under powdered sugar.

3h 24 servings Medium

Ingredients

• 500g flour
• 1 packet yeast
• 250ml warm milk
• 1 egg
• 60g sugar
• 30g butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Oil for frying
• Powdered sugar

Method

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Bloom yeast in milk; mix with sugar, egg, butter, salt and flour.

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1
Bloom yeast in milk; mix with sugar, egg, butter, salt and flour.
2
Knead; rise 1 hr; chill 1 hr.
3
Roll 1 cm; cut into 5 cm squares.
4
Fry at 180°C until puffed and golden.
5
Blanket in powdered sugar; serve hot.