The story tells that the typical Madrid donuts have been elaborated since 1921. It is tradition to start preparing them the first days of May and continue until the end of the festivities of San Isidro Labrador. There are 4 varieties of San Isidro donuts, however, the most popular are the so -called silly donuts and lists donuts. Both are cooked in the oven, the difference is that some carry a sweet glaze above and the others no. Continue reading and discover with us how to make Rosquillas de San Isidro.
| 🚻 6 Diners | 🕘 1H 30m | 🍵 MERRIENDA | 🤯 DIFFERITION LOW |
| Ingredients to make San Isidro donuts: |
| 400 grams of common wheat flour. 16 grams of chemical yeast powder (baking powder) 1 glass of sugar glas 1 clear of eggs |
| ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Cheap cost, popular at other parties, |
Ingredients to make San Isidro donuts:
1. grind the anise seeds with sugar and two strips of lemon peel. The lemon peel and anise seeds further aromatize the donuts of San Isidro, but we must notice that there are recipes that do not include these seeds.
2. Add 3 eggs, anise and oil, beat for 2 minutes at maximum speed and reserve. Once the mixture is beaten, you will notice that aroma that leaves the anise so peculiar.
Trick: the fourth egg
3. Save the flour with the yeast so that the mass of the San Isidro donuts are more spongy.
4. Add the whipped mixture to the sifted flour and mix until you get a unctuous and quite sticky dough. If the dough is too liquid, add some more flour, although keep in mind that it must be quite soft and somewhat sticky.
5. knead for a few minutes to form a dough that takes off from the container. Done this, without taking it out, sprinkle some flour, cover the container with a kitchen cloth and keep the dough in the fridge for an hour.
6. past the rest time, take out the dough and spread your hands in oil to be able to work it without problems. It forms a small ball, introduce the little finger in the center to pierce the donut and deposit it in an oven tray, which you will have previously lined with baking paper to prevent them from sticking. It is important to place the donuts of San Isidro with some separation between them because they will grow during cooking.
Trick: Preheat the oven at 180 ºC up and down.
7. Beat the fourth egg you had reserved and paint all the donuts with him. Then, bake the San Isidro donuts for 15 minutes, placing the tray at medium height. Depending on the type of oven you may need a little more time.
8. At this point, you will have your silly donuts, which are great basic donuts. However, so that you can also prepare the sweetest variety, in the next step we will see how to do the donuts of San Isidro lists.
9. Prepare a lemon glaze by beating an egg clear snow. In half beat, start adding the icing sugar and lemon juice in the form of thread, all still mixing.
10. It is not necessary that you pour all the lemon juice, if you see that it takes a perfect brightness and the meringue is rid well, only half, leave it like this. When ready, pass a donut to cover with this glaze only one of the halves and place it on a rack. Repeat this process with all the donuts you want to do so. It will take about 24 hours to be ready because the meringue must be completely dry and hard.
11. When all the donuts are ready, you can enjoy them accompanied by a hot chocolate, a smoothie, a fruit juice or whatever you want. This recipe for Rosquillas de San Isidro is the most basic, but allows you to prepare the two most popular varieties during this Madrid holiday. Tell us, what is your favorite?
