beignets dough pastry: Germany Hanukkah tradition
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(for 25 to 30 fritters depending on the size) - 550g flour T55 (or 45)
- Cs 1.5 dry yeast
- Salt 1 cc
- 2 cs sugar
- 4 eggs
- 100ml water
- 50ml milk
- 2 cs rum
- 1 lemon zest untreated
- 100g soft butter
- 200g jam or marmalade choice or pastry cream
- sugar crystals or sugar for coating
In a large bowl pastry, mix the flour with yeast, then add salt and sugar and mix again. Dig a well, pour in water, eggs, rum, lemon zest, finely grated and milk. Mix with a wooden spoon, starting with the center and expanding the movement towards the edges dropping flour as. When the dough begins to gather in mass, pouring on the work surface lightly flour and work for a few minutes so that it becomes uniform.
Add the butter softened several times working the dough after each addition (add more than is strictly necessary flour to prevent dough from sticking to the work plan, as this may increase). Continue to knead at least 10 minutes until the dough becomes soft, smooth and elastic.
Put the dough into a ball in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with film of food and let rise 1 hour to 1.30 (the dough should double in volume).
Overwrite the dough gently to partially degas and transfer it to the work plan lightly flour. With the flat of the hand, gently crush the pulp to form a rough rectangle that the deposition on a baking sheet covered with a clean cloth. Cover with film and refrigerate food about 30 min.
Note: my dough is chilled remained much longer (the problem of planning!), About 1 hour or 1h30. I just gently pressed the flat of the hand for degas a little so that it can inflate properly again after cutting
Lowering the rectangle of dough to a thickness of about 1 cm (again without much support, it is not over the dough as to spread, it must remain flexible and swollen). With a punch of 6 cm or a glass, cut out rounds and place them regularly as on the stove filled the kitchen towel lightly flour. Gathering falls without much work and repeat the operation until the dough.
Note: The original recipe indicates 9 cm round, it seemed enormous for individual cakes, I prefer smaller. With my circles 6 cm, the fritters had a small-size apple.
Cover with a clean cloth and let rise about 1 hour.
Heat the oil in a frying pan or a large brimmed senior until a small piece of dough dipped in back immediately surrounded by small bubbles: attention, oil should not be smoking or donuts brown immediately without to cook inside!
Put the dough disks in oil (the amount depends on the size of the pot: 2 to 4 fritters at a time, they must have the place to inflate) and cook for about 2 minutes per side.
Remove the balls with a slotted spoon and place on absorbent paper.
If you want to garnish your balls in Berlin, lightly tap the side of the donut with the tip of a chisel and filled with jam or pastry cream placed in a piping bag.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar or use my foolproof method for donuts joliment sparkly: pouring sugar crystal or end in a small paper bag (paper bag type of pharmacy or first), put the donut in the bag, close and shake!
Berlin these balls are very light (in texture!), Very pleasantly scented and remain flexible on the following day, rather remarquale for beignets which generally harden after one night. Donuts really delicious that I recommend, by the way a little after 1 year old girl is at her ... not easy to take photos up to baby!
Source: adapted from the recipe Pastry Chef Francois Payard (NY) on marthastewart.com
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by Big Boss
Happy birthday!
The hand of one year girl who no mistake ... we have exactly the same! : o)
by Tiuscha
Your wonderful balls Berlin! Joyful feast!
by Gracianne
Bonne fete Sandra joeyux and donuts.
by awoz
Hannoucca joyful! I see that your Berliners are irresistible lol! Your daughter is what is good, lol!
Good day
by ooishigal
beautiful, I completely craque for your donuts ....
Happy birthday!
by Nathalie
Hanukkah tova! For my part, I realize rouguelash of poppy, but also in chocolate!
by danou
Your cakes are beautiful (like everything that you do indeed ...). Hanouccah Merry Christmas, and all full of light illuminate your home and your family.
For my part, I do not know that sfenjs but I will try yours as soon as possible
by veronica
yeuses festivities had to wish you and ....
very tempting these donuts
by Bergamot
Go on, admit they are so beautiful, you were bought at the beach? 
by Maria Brazil
I love this kind of sweet bun!
Here in Brazil, we presume the same recipe, we apelons "sonhos" (dreams, in French).
thank you for your blog, full of wonderful recipes!
bisous
Maria
by pocah
What wonders! Many happy returns to you and your family!
by J_M_
Your cakes are clearly successful. As for the photo with the baby's hand, it replaces all the comments: bravo!
JM
by Anonymous
Thank you very much for this recipe so well explained, I have done nothing to say and they are delicious! I wish you full of light with you
Hag Sameah
by Michèle
Chanukah sameah that your cakes are wonderful, I've made the recipe for your soufganiot Israel, after having already tested the course sfenj of Morocco, I will now try these great weight beignets.Je take me for Chanukah ? Not at all I use oil "light" (lol). May the light always illuminates your home.
Michèle - Bordeaux
by christhummm
this small Mimine which "chipper" a donut makes me crack ...
pass:
happy birthday Avital
by patoo
I knew that was the Hanukkah festival of lights and children ...
in addition, we eat donuts! That's terrible I love it, especially when they are warm and filled with chocolate
thank you for this recipe, and good fun!
Regards, patoo
by Tifenn
Happy Chanukah! and kiss the little hand to me, it is also that your gourmet donuts!
by oum Koulthoum 14
Your cakes are wonderful, I love these donuts.
You have a daughter of 1 year? (me my daughter was 11 months)
by annie dedicacessen
han. this picture!
and donuts.
sandra this thing.
I adopt. everything.
by vero
Memories that I wake up at the sight of these wonderful balls Berlin is also widespread in Switzerland.
Sincerely you
vero
by Nathalie
They are really trying these donuts there!
by confituremaison
Mmmmm, that they are comfortable your donuts! And this little hand! I rarely do, once in the years in fact. But it's good!
by Philo
They are very beautiful your donuts, I want to worry too biting one or two
by Nathalie
Although this is Carnival, I do not know why, but looking at the beautiful pictures of these delicious balls of Berlin, I feel me up in an irresistible donuts!!
Bises
Nathalie
by Ganesha
yum, yum! I can try?! please! they are beautiful ... your donuts I craque!
by Trinidad
What I craque jolis beignets with snack time coming!
by adina
they are great! Krapfen I love when I was a young girl. and I did not know they were known as balls berlin! 
pretty!
by Dom
Hello!
I'm doing these donuts! We must still add a lot of flour for the dough, right? I hope I do not put too much ... but I could not handle if it stuck too ...
It takes time to await the lifting!! (especially for children who trample!)
Thank you for your recipe!
Happy Hanukkah!
Berlin your balls are so beautiful that I can not detach my eyes in your photos! Perfect!
Bises,
Rosa