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The dough is made from flour, eggs, yeast, salt, milk, baking powder and usually sultanas, currants, raisins and sometimes zest or succade (candied fruit). A notable variety is the appelbeignet which contains only a slice of apple, but different from oliebollen, the dough should not rise for at least an hour.
Pastry made from white flower, baking powder, salt, sugar, water, and lard or butter. It can have various fillings and is traditionally fried in oil, but for lesser fat content and more healthy version it can be baked in the oven.
Baking powder can be used as a replacement for yeast, but yeast is a better option. [2] After frying, puff-puffs can be rolled in sugar. Like the French beignet and the Italian zeppole, puff-puffs can be rolled in any spice or flavoring such as cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg. They may be served with a fruit dip of strawberry or raspberry.
[2] [3] A 1653 French recipe, beignets de riz, lends support to a French origin as well. [4] The name "calas" is said to have come from the Nupe word kara ("fried cake"). [5] According to The Dictionary of American Food & Drink, the word calas was first printed in 1880.
Beignets from Haute-Savoie. Variations of fried dough can be found across cuisines internationally; however, the origin of the term beignet is specifically French. They were brought to New Orleans in the 18th century by French colonists, [10] from "the old mother country", [12] also brought by Acadians, [13] and became a large part of home-style Creole cooking.
Baking powder is made up of a base, an acid, and a buffering material to prevent the acid and base from reacting before their intended use. [5] [6] Most commercially available baking powders are made up of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO 3, also known as baking soda or bicarbonate of soda) and one or more acid salts.
Sliced apples and other fruit are wrapped and cooked in layers of filo pastry. The earliest known recipe is in Vienna, but several countries in central and eastern Europe claim this dish. [4] Bahulu: Malaysia: A Malay pastry similar like the Madeleine although with round shapes and different ingredients, [5] made of wheat flour, eggs, sugar and ...
These differ from funnel cake in using no baking powder, which results in a somewhat chewy texture. [3] Kumukunsi is another similar native doughnut from the Maguindanao people in the Philippines. It is made with rice flour, duck eggs, and sugar that is molded into rope-like strands and then fried in a loose spiral. They have the taste and ...