Christmas Donuts with Nutella®
A Donut - perfect for Christmas
The original name - krapfen - is a donut with no hole and they are wonderful. Because they are soft, hot and filled with Nutella®, which makes them a perfect recipe to make at Christmas.
Nutella® is here to show you how to make donuts and the result will make you beam with pride: this mouthwatering, traditional recipe is going to change your idea of pastry
INGREDIENTS for 10 portions
250 g bread flour (Manitoba)
10 g fresh yeast
1 egg
1 egg yolk
4 g salt
50 g soft butter
35 g granulated sugar
100 ml whole milk
½ vanilla pod
Grated lemon zest
150g Nutella – 1 heaped tsp of Nutella (15g) per portion
Oil for frying
Icing sugar to decorate
HOW TO MAKE DONUTS
STEP 1Heat the milk in a pan or microwave and dissolve in the fresh yeast. Add 1 whole egg, 1 egg yolk and whisk together until mixed.
STEP 2Combine the bread flour, the granulated sugar and the scraped vanilla seed from the pod, before placing this on a wooden cutting board. Put the milk and egg mixture in the centre and knead everything together until the dough is smooth. Then add soft butter, salt and grated lemon zest into the dough and continue to knead.
STEP 3Put the dough in a bowl and cover so the dough rises. Leave this for 2 hours. Once risen, roll the dough in your palms, making 10 40g balls that resemble donuts. Place on a baking tray covered with parchment paper. When they rise and double in size, fry in oil at 175°C. Take the donuts out from the oil & let them cool down on absorbent paper for few minutes.
STEP 4The easiest way to fill each doughnut with 15g of Nutella® is to use a piping bag. Once filled, cut a star out of a cardboard sheet and then use it as a stencil to decorate the donuts with icing sugar. Then it is to time to dig in!
