“Doughnuts are Thessalonikis most beloved snack. Their excellent taste excites children and adults. You can eat them any time of the day, from open fairs, to street vendors and gourmet hotel restaurants. They are unique with honey and nuts, with, dark or milk chocolate.”
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg. flour
- 1 sachet of dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 vanilla shot
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups lukewarm water (about)
- 1 pinch of salt
- Frying oil
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- some cinnamon
Instructions
Put the flour with the yeast, the sugar and the vanilla in a deep pot and mix.
Open a hole in the middle. Pour water gradually and continue mixing until it becomes an even pulp. In the end put the salt. Cover it with a towel and leave it in a warm place to raise (for about 1 hour).
Mix slowly and take the pulp in your hands. With a teaspoon that you water it all the time, cut small pieces of the pulp and throw them in plenty of heated frying oil. Push the doughnuts down with a perforated spoon to become golden. Take them out and put them on kitchen paper to strain. Serve them hot in a big platter and sprinkle them with honey, nuts and cinnamon.
Pieces 35-40
