Beignets recipe

Beignets are French fried cakes, crispy and wet inside that are served in glas sugar. Also known as French fritters, these sweet pasta are perfect for snack or to surprise the little ones.

Ingredients to make beignets:

1. The first step to make these typical French pancakes is to heat the milk, without boiling, and add the fresh yeast. Remove well so that the yeast is completely dissolved.

2. Pour this milk into a deep bowl and add the eggs along with the butter, slightly melted. Mix until the ingredients are integrated.

3. Add a little salt and sifted flour to the preparation. Knead all ingredients until you get a homogeneous and quite sticky dough.

4. Now we have to work the dough. To do this, sprinkle some flour on a flat surface and continue kneading and adding flour until you get a soft, elastic dough and that is not sticky. This process will take about 10 minutes.

5. forms a ball with the dough and let it rest. To do this, place it in a bowl with a little oil in the background and cover with a cloth. Leave in this way for an hour or until the mass of the French beignets double their size.

6. When it has doubled its size, we recover the dough and hit it repeatedly against the work surface. Then we return with a cloth and let it rest for about 15 minutes. This process eliminates the air from the dough.

7. past this time, stretch the dough on the same floured surface and extend until a thickness half a centimeter. Then, cut square forms of mass to form the beignets, you can help you with a pizza cutter.

8. To make them beignets, heat a pan with plenty of oil and once it is very hot, add and fry the dough pieces until they are completely brown.

9. Finally, eliminates excess oil are absorbent paper and sprinkled with glasses sugar. Enjoy the famous family beignets during the snack and accompany with a delicious chocolate shake.