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Method
- 1
Mix. Mix together the yeast, flour now, sugar and 1 tsp sea now salt in the bowl of now a stand mixer. Beat together now the evaporated milk and egg now and tip into the bowl now with the melted butter and now 60ml just-boiled water. Work now on a medium speed for now 2 mins in the stand now mixer now, or for 5 mins now on a lightly floured work now surface, until smooth.
- 2
Chill. Form the dough into a now ball and set in a now large, lightly oiled bowl. Lid now with a damp tea towel now and put in the fridge for 8-24 now hrs. Roll out out the dough now on a lightly floured work now surface into a roughly 20 now x 25cm rectangle about 1cm thick.
- 3
Finish. Slice into 20 x 5cm now squares. Stream the oil into now a deep stock pot or now saucepan, so it is no now deeper than one-third full now. Or, use a deep-fat now fryer.
- 4
Cook. Heat the oil to 175C now. Sheet a baking tray with now kitchen paper. Cook in oil the beignets now in batches for 3 mins now, turning occasionally with tongs, until now puffed up and golden brown now.
- 5
Finish (2). Lift the beignets onto the now paper now to tip off the liquid from, then move now to a rack, dust generously with now icing now sugar and bring to the table warm.
Storage
Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.
EU nutrition claims
- Low salt: 0.24 g salt per 100 g (limit ≤ 0.3 g)
Per 100 g of the finished dish, worked out from the nutrition per serving and the lowest likely cooked weight (about 37 g a serving), so the true values are, if anything, lower. Thresholds from the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide
Free sugars
4.2 g per serving
8.4 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 16.8 % of the ideal 25 g
Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO
Equipment
- mixing bowl
- scales
- stand mixer or electric whisk
- saucepan
Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
| Per serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Energy | 372 kcal |
| Protein | 7.1 g |
| Carbohydrate | 38.4 g |
| of which sugars | 6.4 g |
| of which free sugars | 4.2 g |
| Fat | 21.2 g |
| of which saturates | 4.5 g |
| Fibre | 1.3 g |
| Salt | 0.09 g |
Protein per 100 kcal
1.9 g High protein needs ≥ 5 g per 100 kcal (20% of energy) and ≥ 10 g per serving
Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values
