Deep Fried Dough Balls
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
45 min.
Preparation
ready in 2 h. 25 min.
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Ingredients
for
10
- Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- lemon zest (from half a lemon)
- Orange zest (from half an orange)
- salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 3 cups vegetable oil (for frying)
- 2 cups honey
- ¼ cup colored sprinkle
- ¼ cup Pine nuts (optional)
Preparation steps
1.
Stir the flour, sugar, lemon and orange zest and salt together in a bowl and turn it out onto a clean work surface. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, butter and vanilla to it. With your fingertips, work the eggs, butter and vanilla together until more or less blended, then begin working in the dry ingredients.
2.
Continue working the dough until it is smooth and evenly blended. Gather the dough together into a ball, wipe the dough from your hands and add it to the dough ball. Clean your hands and the work surface, flour both lightly and knead the dough until smooth, 3 to 4 minutes. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature 1 hour.
3.
Break off pieces of dough and roll into ropes about the size of a pencil. Cut into pieces 1/4 inch long. Roll these pieces into little balls and set aside.
4.
In a deep frying pan, heat oil. Fry dough balls in batches until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
5.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, bring honey to a boil. Let honey boil gently for about 3 minutes before adding little dough balls, stirring gently with wooden spoon until they are well-coated.
6.
Remove balls from honey with a slotted spoon and place in a deep dish or mound them on a platter. Sprinkle evenly with sprinkles and nuts. Let cool before serving.
