Beignets

Oct 15, 2009

For some strange reason, I've been craving sweet stuff, it's like I have to have dessert after my meal. I wonder if my blood sugar is low or something. A few weeks ago in my Food Prep class, our lab was deep frying. We fried everything from fruit to protien, and even made doughnut from scratch.  It was a good lab and enjoyed it very much but afterward, I just wanted to eat steamed vegetables. My teammate made doughnuts and I wanted to make it from scratch with my coffee. I remember it tasted like Churros so I wanted to see if I can make it into a Churro.   Since my classmate borrowed the recipe and forgot to return it, I surfed the net and found a recipe from Food Network and added cinnamon and nutmeg. I didn't have a pastry bag with a star shape so my churros ended looking more like Beignets. Those darn things didn't look good but they were really still yummy and sweet. Who doesn't like fried dough with sugar?


Ingredients:
Adapted from Food Network Churros Recipe
1 cup flour
1/2 cup of butter
1 cup of water
3 eggs
pinch of salt
pinch of nutmeg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp of cinnamon 
vegetable oil for frying

Directions: 
In a sauce pan, heat wter, butter, and  pinch of salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Stir in flour until mixture turns into a ball. Remove from heat and add beaten eggs. Spoon mixture into a zip lock bag and cut off tip about 1/2" diameter. Squeeze the mixture into hot oil. Cook until golden brown. Drain with papper towels and sprinkle sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle with powder sugar.