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A traditional New Orleans-style recipe for their famous beignets! New Orleans-style beignets are probably the most well-known beignets in the United States, and they're surprisingly easy to make at home. With just one bowl and a handful of kitchen staples, you.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook beignets using 11 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Beignets:
- Take 80 g Lukewarm Water,
- Prepare 2 1/4 TSP Active Instant Dry Yeast,
- Make ready 2 Eggs Lightly Beaten,
- Take 180 g Evaporated Milk,
- Make ready 420 g Bleached All Purpose Flour,
- Prepare 100 g Granulated Sugar,
- Prepare 1 TSP Sea Salt,
- Make ready Unsalted Butter Softened, 60g + More For Greasing
- Prepare Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, For Frying
- Get Icing Sugar, For Garnishing
- Get Homemade Compote, For Serving (Optional)
They are usually yeasted and raised doughs Like most fried things, beignets are best served right away while still warm. Beignets only have a single rise, unlike doughnuts, which have a second rise after they are cut out. Instead, beignets go from the initial rise to cutting and frying in pretty quick succession. Learn how to make New Orleans-Style Beignets!
Steps to make Beignets:
- In a bowl, add in water and yeast.
Stir to dissolve the yeast.
Set aside for 5 mins.
After 5 mins, the yeast mixture should become foamy.
- Add in eggs and milk.
Lightly whisk to combine well.
In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, salt and butter.
Lightly stir to combine well.
Create a well in the middle.
- Add the yeast mixture into the well gradually while still mixing.
Mix to combine well or until it comes together as a dough.
Knead the dough inside the bowl until all the nooks and crannies of flour is kneaded into the dough, about 5 mins.
- The dough should be very tacky.
Transfer the dough out onto a working surface and continue kneading for another 5 to 8 mins until smooth and slightly tacky. It should pass the "window-pane" test.
If the dough is too dry, add in water, 1 TBSP at a time. If the dough is too sticky, add in flour, 1 TBSP at a time.
- Generously grease the bowl with butter..
Transfer the dough back to greased bowl.
Cover with cling film and let rise for 2 hrs or until doubled in size.
Punch down the dough to deflate the air.
- Divide the dough into halves.
Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured surface.
Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough into a rectangular shape with a thickness of about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cover with a damp lint free kitchen towel and let it rise for 30 mins.
It should have risen to about 1/2 inch thick and is light and fluffy.
Using a pizza cutter, cut them into squares.
Add oil into a dutch oven, about 2 inches in depth, over medium heat.
- To check if the temperature of the oil is ready, place a wooden chopstick into the oil.
If bubbles start to form, the temperature is ready for frying.*
Gently drop the dough into the oil away from you.
Deep fry until golden brown on both sides.
- Remove from heat and drain off excess oil in a wire cooling rack or a plate lined with kitchen paper.
Repeat the steps for the remaining dough.
Transfer the beignets onto a serving plate.
Lightly dust some icing sugar over the top.
Serve with your favorite compote or jam.
AKA Fried Dough covered in powdered sugar! An easy recipe anyone can make! As soon as the beignets puff up, use tongs or a kitchen spider to gently flip them over. Transfer the beignets to a wire rack to. These deliciously easy to make light and fluffy fried beignets covered in powdered sugar will make you feel like your right at Café du Monde in New Orleans.
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