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Curry Chat => Talk About Anything Other Than Curry => Topic started by: nai on May 10, 2010, 10:20 PM
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I'd love to able make doughnuts just like the ones at the Great British mobile doughnut vans...does anyone have a good recipe? ::)
;D
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I made a huge batch with the kids on Saturday morning - went down a storm! I got around 16 round ones out of this mix (big ones!) and the last two got eaten today lol
Here's the recipe I used :
2 (7g) sachets dried active baking yeast
4 tablespoons warm water (45 C)
350ml (12 fl oz) lukewarm milk
100g (4 oz) caster sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
75g (3 oz) butter
575g (1 1/3 lb) plain flour
1L (1 3/4 pints) vegetable oil for frying
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Sprinkle the yeast over the warm water, and let stand for 5 minutes, or until foamy.
In a large bowl, mix together the yeast mixture, milk, sugar, salt, eggs, butter and 1/2 of the flour. Mix for a few minutes at low speed, or stirring with a wooden spoon. Beat in remaining flour a little at a time, until the dough no longer sticks to the bowl. Knead for about 5 minutes, or until smooth and elastic. Place the dough into a greased bowl, and cover. Set in a warm place to rise until double. Dough is ready if you touch it, and the indention remains.
Turn the dough out onto a floured surface, and gently roll out to 1cm (1/2 in) thickness. Cut with a floured round cutter. Let doughnuts sit out to rise again until double. Cover loosely with a cloth.
Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large heavy pan to 175 C. Slide doughnuts into the hot oil using a wide spatula. Turn doughnuts over as they rise to the surface. Fry doughnuts on each side until golden brown. Remove from hot oil and drain on a wire rack. I popped them straight out onto kitchen roll and then threw them into a tray of caster sugar with a teaspoon of cinnamon mixed in for half of them (filled them with sweet cooked apple) and the rest went into plain caster sugar and filled with Wilkin & Sons raspberry seedless jam ;) (there's none better for doughnuts ;D)
BTW - I found I had to use a fair bit more flour than stated in the recipe too
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sorry for the silly question Domi but how do you get the filling into the doughnut?
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Is there no end to your talents Domi, simply brilliant. I know my kids will want to try these. :)
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sorry for the silly question Domi but how do you get the filling into the doughnut?
Hi Stephen ;)
I use a piping bag with a longer nozzle and fill them when they're warm but not hot because they're soft enough to expand and take more of the filling...I've also used some of those squeezy sauce/ketchup bottles which work well- and you have to put the jam through a sieve.
I'd also say that if you're coating in caster sugar, use the bog standard white type, the golden caster sugar seems to have a bit larger grainsize that just doesn't do the "sugary lip" thing as well as the normal caster lol
Is there no end to your talents Domi, simply brilliant. I know my kids will want to try these. :)
Thanks Axe ;D Though most say there's no beginning to my talents :P Not blowing me own trumpet but I really do excel at baking :)
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Domi, baking is the final frontier for me. As a child, I used to help mum make all manor of things, but have never really stick with tradition. We have a fantastic bakers down the road, which stops the need for breads and we seldom eat cakes.
But who can resist a fresh donut! Have tried any other fillings besides apple and Raspberry, custard perhaps or lemon curd etc. ?
I have to say, you can't beat Raspberry Jam.
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Yep, I've tried lemon curd, custard, chocolate, blueberry...basically if it's sweet and tasty, we've had it in doughnuts lol :P
Like I said, the best jam for doughnuts is Wilkin and Sons raspberry seedless - none other comes close ;D
And ring donuts are great with melted chocolate let down by a bit of veg oil to slacken it so it keeps a dipping consistency. I got 16+ fist-sized doughnuts out of this mix which sounds alot but TBH if I'd done a half-mix I'd have only had to do another batch to keep up with the demand ;D actually, I did more than 16 but the first few were gone as soon as they'd hit the sugar lol - well you've got to make sure they're not poisonous, haven't ya? ;D
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Wow, thanks Domi! I'm just waiting on a fryer (Breville, reduced from ?70 to ?34 in Kays Catalogue - bargain!) which will be here tomorrow, then I'll put your good knowledge to practice. I'm due a new camera through the post very soon too, so hopefully some pics to boot! ;)
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You're welcome, Nai ;) One more thing I should say is that if you're wanting the exact flavour of the "Donut Van", omit the vanilla essence :)
Looking forward to hearing your results :)
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Made another batch today - 20 doughnuts in all :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v119/xx_dominatrix_xx/Doughnuts.jpg)
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Domi they look lush!
But how do you stop the jam from squishing out from that hole when you bite into them? Actually thinking about it it wouldn't be a problem for me, they'd be in me gob in one! ;D
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the "sugary lip" thing
mmmmmmmm sugary lips ;)
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LOL Bezzer ya old perve! :P :o
'Ere Satan, they're big buggers too - Yorkshire portions ;D I doubt you'd get one all in your mouth as big as it is :P I had 20 3 hours ago, now down to 11 ::) it's like blummen Bisto kids down our street :o they all look rabid from 20 yards away lol :-\ Mind you with my chocolate brownies they all look to have sh*t-eating grins..... ;D
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Nice looking doughnuts domi. The fryer has arrived now so I'll make some on saturday and post some piccies. Looking forward to it. ;D
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Reading the repartee on a certain topic spurred me to ask a question Domi, have you ever tried a savoury filling?
I know it sounds completely bonkers, but with the likes of Chilli Jam and various other savoury jams and chutneys available, it might be worth a look at?
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lol Nope Axe, never thought to to be frank ;D Though if you give it a go let me know the results. :P
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They look really tasty Domi and thanks for the recipe, will give these a go soon :)
Rob.
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never thought to to be frank ;D
Who's Frank? :P
I dunno if i'm gonna carry the torch for this one, I still haven't tried my Masala Yorkshire Pud's idea yet.
But i'll keep my an eye out for suitable filling's and if something jumps out, I might just try it for the laugh of it.
The wife is doing cheese n chive scones tomorrow, i'm already trying to blag half the dough to turn 'em into something spicy. ;D
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Just in the process of making these right now. You were right about the amount of flour needed. Had to use considerably more than recipe stated. Looking good so far, just waiting for dough to double and rummaging around for a bottle top to cut some holes. ;D
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Thanks Domi, I made about 23 doughnuts with this recipe and they went down a storm with the kids...so much so that the last 5 doughnuts have just been snatched from the plate. ;D They tasted a little 'yeasty' to me, so I've probably not given the dough enough time to rise (or maybe didn't knead for long enough). All in all a riproaring success.
Thanks again ;D
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Glad you liked 'em nai :) I'm going to have a go at a none-yeast recipe next time out, I'll let you know if it's any good ;D
23 gone so soon? :o how many kids have you got? LOL!
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4 kids, domi :-X My partner's vegan so I'm on a dairy-free doughnut mission today, using rice milk, soy butter, and soy flour as egg substitute. :-\
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Good luck with that Nai ;) You never know, they might turn out better than the non-vegan variety :) I'm jealous of the 4 kids too, only managed to get one of our own. :)
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ahhhh, 1 kid! Blisss!! ;D
The vegan doughnuts turned out the same. I only used 1 x 7g pack of yeast and slightly reduced the other ingredients. Used rice milk and soy butter, and mixed the yeast in with the milk (as opposed to water) and a little sugar and flour.
Top stuff! I really need to lay off the doughnuts for a while though, we've eaten 45 between us this weekend, lol :o
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Domi,
I'm jealous of the 4 kids too, only managed to get one of our own.
No need to be jealous chuck, I'll send you three of mine if you wish? I'm keepin the little un though, coz he's got little hands and can always retrieve my loose cash that's fell down the back of the settee ;D
Ray :)
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Nay if they're owt like you Bez, you can keep 'em! :P
ahhhh, 1 kid! Blisss!! ;D
The vegan doughnuts turned out the same. I only used 1 x 7g pack of yeast and slightly reduced the other ingredients. Used rice milk and soy butter, and mixed the yeast in with the milk (as opposed to water) and a little sugar and flour.
Top stuff! I really need to lay off the doughnuts for a while though, we've eaten 45 between us this weekend, lol :o
lol we've got 2 kids but only one of them's ours ;) we nicked the other one nearly 11 year ago ;D 45 gone in a few days? I'll send you my two and they'll help the ratio a bit ;D I swore I'm not making another lot for a few months or I'll have to buy a bigger car to get me jacksy in lol back to the fresh fruit salads for a week or two I reckon ;D though I've already promised to do a sticky toffee pud this week...'Ere, you've not got a treadmill I can borrow have you, nai? :P
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Nay if they're owt like you Bez, you can keep 'em!
Awww, litle Noel, Liam and Bonehead will be so dissapointed haha ;D
Ray ;D
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crikey if they fight like they're namesakes you can definitely keep 'em! :o