Doughnuts are one of the most popular types of home baking. Incredibly delicious, fat and rosy, and they are good for breakfast, and afternoon tea.
Donuts in cooking products called circular shape, which are usually fried in deep fat. There are many ways of cooking, recipes, ingredients and different cooking technique. Donuts can be prepared from yeast dough, kefir, sour cream, sometimes add various toppings. A cheese donuts are not only delicious, but also useful, because they retain after heat treatment all the valuable substances contained in the curd: calcium, sodium, phosphorus, essential amino acids, folic acid. For the first time they have appeared in Bulgaria and quickly gained popularity around the world.
Recipes dessert in the form of balls, fried in melted fat, were known to the ancient Romans. They called these pastry "globules" and served with poppy seeds and honey. Later, fat, who are willing to different products, became known as frying fat. Professionals recommend using a mixture of fat: 40% of all refined vegetable oil and 30% of beef and melted lard. But usually housewives used any one type of vegetable oil.
Before frying deep-fried products, it should be good to heat and place in a deep pan. The products should be completely immersed in oil, it is better to do it with a special spoon or mesh. Time frying in oil is not more than 1-2 minutes: that's enough to coat evenly products golden crust. Ready pastries should be put on paper towel to remove excess fat. You can also shift the product on the net or in a colander and drain the oil.
Very easy to use electric chip. It does not take much space, but greatly simplifies the process of cooking and saves time. Oil it is heated to a predetermined temperature, and a beep will signal that the dish is ready. Typically, the fryer is equipped with a filter that removes odors. In addition, the cup is in most models stick coating that facilitates maintenance.
Cooking cheese donuts does not take long, the dough is kneaded easily, quickly and baking always turns out well.
The following are some of the most interesting recipes donuts from cheese.
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Doughnuts homemade classic
For their preparation you need the following products:
400-500 g of cottage cheese.
4 eggs.
250 g of wheat flour.
2 tbsp. spoons of sugar.
50 g of butter.
Vanilla sugar, salt - to taste.
Juice and zest of 1/2 lemon.
Vegetable oil for frying.
Powdered sugar for sprinkling.
Curd should be rubbed through a sieve (you can mince), then the donuts are more airy. Melt the butter and add it to the cream cheese and mix with the salt and sugar. Hammer eggs, bringing mass until smooth. Add lemon juice and zest, cover with flour. Since the consistency of the curd is different depending on the moisture and fat content, the amount of flour required for kneading can be different from that specified in the recipe. Donut dough should be elastic and not too steep.
From the resulting mass necessary to form a donut. They may be in the form of pellets or in the form of rings. The second method is preferable, since the product is better baked through. Oil for frying should first warm up much. To prepare the donuts, it must be very hot. To determine the temperature of the fat should be placed in a ball of dough or bread. If the oil is boiling around him, and once the ball changes color, then deep-fry ready. Fry donuts relies until golden brown, then lay them out on a napkin, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve for dessert.
Butter in this recipe can be substituted for the cream. The taste of the donuts will not change.
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Air Donuts with cinnamon
To prepare the cake donuts with cinnamon will need the following ingredients:
Curd fat - 0, 5 kg.
Eggs - 2-3 pieces.
Sugar - Article 5. spoons.
Flour - 2 cups.
Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp.
Soda - 1 tsp.
Vinegar.
Vegetable oil for deep-frying.
Powdered sugar for decoration.
Salt - a pinch.
Cottage cheese rubbed through a metal sieve or a hand blender whisk to break up all clumps. Sift flour. Eggs must be whipped into a thick foam with sugar and cinnamon. Connect cottage cheese and egg mixture, add soda, slaked with vinegar, salt and stir until smooth. Pour the flour and knead the prepared soft, elastic dough. Roll it in the sausages and cut into pieces 2-3 cm in length, roll one ball or make rings and fry in small portions in very hot oil until golden brown. Then drain off excess fat and garnish with powdered sugar. Separately, you can apply honey or jam.
Instead of slaked soda can add the baking powder that must be mixed with pre-sifted flour.
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Doughnuts of curd mass
They cooked very quickly and simply melt in your mouth. For the preparation of donuts for this recipe requires the following ingredients:
Sweet curd - 300 g
Egg - 1 pc.
Flour - Article 5. spoons.
Baking powder - 1/2 tsp.
Vanilla - 1/2 tsp.
Salt - a pinch.
Vegetable oil - for frying.
Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.
Egg and salt mixed with curd, add the flour, baking powder premixed with, and vanilla. Mix everything until smooth. Roll the balls of dough, then turn them into the middle of a cake and squeeze. We obtain two types of donuts - rings and round. All fry in deep fat, remove excess oil, put on a platter and sprinkle with sugar.
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Donuts with filling
For variety, add toppings to donuts. It may be raisins, nuts, candied fruits, dried fruits, chocolate, jam, condensed milk, slices of fruit jellies and more. Cook donuts with filling can be based on any of the traditional recipe. For example, tasty and original turn donuts with jam. For their preparation will need the following products:
Cottage cheese - 500 g
Eggs - 2 pcs.
Wheat flour - 2 cups.
Sugar - Article 5. spoons.
Baking powder - 1 tsp.
Any jam - 0, 5 cups.
Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.
Grated cheese mixed with sugar, add eggs and sifted flour mixed with baking powder. Knead the dough so that it is uniform and soft, roll sausage, cut them into pieces, of which form the tortillas. In the center of each put 1/2 teaspoon of jam, carefully pinch the edges to the filling is inside the ball. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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Donuts with dried apricots
This pastry turns fragrant and delicious. Requires the following ingredients:
Curd - 0, 5 kg.
Eggs - 2 pcs.
1 cup of sugar.
2 cups flour.
Soda - 0, 5 tsp (you can use baking powder).
3 tbsp. spoon of dried apricots.
Vanilla, cinnamon - to 0, 5 tsp.
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Vegetable oil for frying - about 2 cups.
Powdered sugar.
Apricots pre-soak for 10-20 minutes, and scroll through a meat grinder. Cottage cheese and eggs grind until smooth and mix with sugar. Flour mixed with baking soda and salt together, vanilla, cinnamon and apricots add to the cheese mass. Mix well and place for fifteen minutes in the refrigerator. Then roll the balls of dough, roll them in flour and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Remove excess fat and serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.
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Donuts with chocolate cream
No one was indifferent to this gentle delicacy. The ingredients needed to cook donuts on this recipe:
Cottage cheese - 250 g
2 eggs.
Sugar - 3 tbsp. spoon.
1 cup flour.
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Baking powder - 2 tsp.
Vanilla - 1 tsp.
Powdered sugar.
Chocolate paste - 1 cup.
Beat the eggs with sugar, combine with salt, cheese and vanilla. Sift the flour, mix with baking powder and add to the cheese mass. Mix until smooth and mix soft, elastic dough. Form balls of his small donuts and fry in oil until golden brown. Share on towel to remove excess fat. Then, using a syringe to dump cooking donuts chocolate paste, put on a platter and garnish with powdered sugar.
It is worth remembering that the oil for frying should not be used again, with the exception of olive oil. It can be used twice previously strain.
