Loukoumades
If you do not know a Loukoumades is a deep-fried doughnuts
served with a honey syrup. It is as far as I know a Greek recipe but I think
like many things of that reign it is made in several countries around the
Balkans and all with different names. This particular recipe I found in a Greek
cookbook so I am going with calling this a Greek recipe.
You will need
250g/9oz plain flour1 tsp salt
2 tsp fast-action dried yeast
1 tbsp clear honey
250ml/9fl oz warm water
100g/3½oz runny honey
1 tbsp soft light brown sugar
½ lemon, juice and zest
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp water
50g/2oz pistachios
Greek-style yoghurt
Ground cinnamon
Icing sugar
First you have to make your dough, stat by sifting the flour
While the yeast is doing it
thing you can make the sauce to go with the doughnuts. Add the honey,
sugar, lemon zest and juice, butter and 1 tbsp water in a saucepan and heat
until the sugar has dissolved. Then chop up the pistachios roughly add them to
the sauce and remove it from the heat.
Now you need to beep fry you doughnut batter fill a pan with
oil or use a deep fat fryer you need to heat the oil up to about 180c/ 350f for
the best result and if you are using a pan do not just walk off and leave it ,
you do not want a fire in the kitchen.
Take a little of the batter and drop it in to the oil if is
cook and rise to the top going nice and golden brown the oil is ready. Used two
spoons and form a sort of teardrop doughnut, drop it in the oil and let it fry;
it should take about 3 or 4 minutes to do. Remove from the oil on to some
kitchen towel to remove and excess oil.
To finish pour some of the sauce over the doughnut dust with
icing sugar, cinnamon and a little Greek yoghurt , sweet sticky honey soaked
doughnuts , truly what we all need and hand the diet.
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