Monday 17 March 2014

Poland - Pączki

Ingredients

1 tablespoon dried active baking yeast
3 tablespoons warm water (45 degrees C)
1 teaspoon caster sugar
700ml (24 fl oz) milk
175g (6 oz) butter
5 egg yolks
150g (5oz) caster sugar
1.5kg (2 lbs) plain flour
1½ litres oil for frying
50g (2oz) caster sugar

Instructions

Add water and 1 teaspoon sugar to yeast in a small bowl and mix until pasty. Set aside and let rise until spongy.
Scald milk with butter and cool to lukewarm.
Beat egg yolks. Add sugar and mix thoroughly. Add the cooled scalded milk mixture and beat until foamy. Mix in yeast mixture. Add flour gradually beating after each addition to make a soft dough. Beat until thick and springy, but note that too much flour will make hard doughnuts. Cover, and let rise until doubled.
Shape dough into small balls. Let them rise on floured greaseproof paper until doubled.
In a deep fat fryer, heat oil to 190 degrees C. Fry doughnuts until brown. Then, roll in sugar and cool.




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