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Romanian cheese doughnuts - Papanași
Camelia
Papanasi is one of the desserts specific to Romanian cuisine.
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Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
20
minutes
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Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Romanian
Servings
4
Calories
320
kcal
Ingredients
300 g
( 10 oz )
cottage cheese, drained
80 g
( 3 oz )
caster sugar
2 g
( a pinch )
baking soda
8 g
( 1 tsp )
orange zest
100 g
( 3.5 oz )
plain flour
14 g
( 2 x .32 oz )
vanilla sugar
2 g
( a pinch )
salt
neutral flavored oil for deep fry ( canola, sun flower )
Instructions
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In a bowl add cottage cheese, baking soda, sugar, orange zest, vanilla sugar, eggs and 30 g ( 1 oz ) flour.
Mix well. Keep 2 tbsp of flour and add the rest gradually in the bowl until the dough sticks together.
Put the two tablespoons of flour kept on your cooking surface and pour the dough on it.
Knead just until incorporated.
Split the dough in 4 even pieces.
Shape the doughnuts; about 8 cm ( 3 inches ) disc-shaped and cut out the center.
Shape the dough from cutting the center into balls.
Pour the oil in a pan and properly heat it.
Deep fry the doughnuts at medium temperature 175°C ( 275°F ), 4 minutes on each side.
Drain the doughnuts on a paper towel.
Put one hot doughnut on a plate, garnish with one tablespoon of sour cream, put one ball over and garnish with a teaspoon of preferred jam.
Enjoy!
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