No-Knead Lemon Curd Doughnuts
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No-Knead Lemon Curd Doughnuts
Recipe by : Easy Peasy Baking , www . fabflour . co . uk / easy-peasy-baking
Prep time : 20 mins Cook time : 10 minutes Makes : 8 doughnuts
Ingredients :
• 375g plain flour
• 150ml warm water
• 70ml warm milk
• 1 sachet fast-action yeast
• 20g caster sugar , plus extra for dusting
• 30ml vegetable oil , plus extra for shallow frying
• 2 tsp baking powder
• Pinch of salt
• Jar of lemon curd
Method :
1 . In a large mixing bowl , combine the warm water , warm milk , yeast , sugar and a third of the flour . Cover with a tea towel and leave to prove for 10 minutes - use this time to heat your oil for frying in the pan / deep fat fryer to 185 ° C .
2 . After 10 minutes , mix 30ml oil , baking powder and salt into the yeast mixture before adding the remaining flour and bringing it together by hand to form a sticky dough .
3 . Tip the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle some flour on top of the dough , then roll out to a thickness of 2 cm .
4 . Cut out the doughnuts using a glass or cutter then carefully transfer to the hot oil 2-3 at a time , dipping away from you as you put them in .
5 . Let the doughnuts cook for 2-3 minutes on one side until golden brown then use the wooden spoon to flip them over and cook for a further 2-3 minutes .
6 . Remove the doughnuts from the oil and drain them on some paper towel before rolling them in the caster sugar to generously coat the outside .
7 . When all of the doughnuts have been cooked , sugar-dusted and cooled slightly , use the end of the wooden spoon to poke a hole at the top of each doughnut before filling with lemon curd using a piping bag , corner of a sandwich bag or carefully teasing in with a teaspoon .
TOP TIP : To check if the frying oil is hot enough , carefully put the stick end of your wooden spoon into the oil . If there are lots of little bubbles around the wood , the oil is ready for frying . If it is bubbling vigorously and there are lots of bubbles taking over the pan this indicates that the oil is too hot , so remove the pan from the heat to cool down then try again .
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