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Preparation varies by type. For yeast-leavened beignets, the ingredients are combined and a dough has formed, it is rolled out and then sliced into squares which are deep-fried for two to three minutes. The result is a puffy, golden brown pastry. [10] For choux pastry beignets, the chilled dough is piped or scooped before being fried in hot oil ...
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.
Merveilles are a kind of beignet typical of the Atlantic coast of South West France; Gascony, Bordelais, Charentes, Périgord as well as the Vallée d'Aoste and Suisse romande. They are also known in New Orleans. [1] They are a twisted raised pastry similar to the Lyon bugnes, and resembling a Pennsylvania fastnacht.
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The full term is commonly said to be a corruption of French pâte à chaud (lit. ' hot pastry/dough ').The term "choux" has two meanings in the early literature. One is a kind of cheese puff, first documented in the 13th century; the other corresponds to the modern choux pastry and is documented in English, German, and French cookbooks in the 16th century.
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Beignet – Deep fried pastry; Boortsog – Traditional fried dough of Central Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Buñuelo – Fried dough ball; Banana fritter; Carimañola – South American meat-pie in a burrito-shaped yuca fritter. Crab cake – American crab dish; Croquette – Small breaded, deep-fried food.
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