How to Cook Brioche Donuts

Serves: 8-10

Preparation time: 45 mins

Cooking time: 10 mins

Ingredients needed to make Brioche Donuts:

For the brioche:

• 1 lb strong flour
• 1 ¾ oz fresh yeast
• 1 lb butter, cold and cubed
• ¾ oz + 6 tsp caster sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 4 eggs
• 1 fl oz water
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• Groundnut oil, for deep frying

For the filling:

• 6 Bramley apples, peeled and chopped
• Zest of a lemon
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 5 ¼ oz caster sugar
• ½ oz butter

Cooking instructions for Brioche Donuts:

• Stir the yeast in few drops of water and set at a warm place until the mixture becomes creamy and frothy.
• Stir the flour, sugar as well as as salt together in a bowl and add the yeast mixture into it, along with rest of the water.
• Crack the eggs into the mixture, followed by the egg yolks and butter cubes.
• Stir them well together and mix thoroughly with a food processor until the leaves the sides of the bowl and bind together to form a dough.
• Transfer the dough onto a lightly floured working surface and knead them with your hands to turn it into silky smooth ball of dough.
• Split the dough into golf ball sized pieces and roll them into neat balls.
• Arrange them on a baking sheet, keeping some distance between each ball and set aside in a warm place until they rise to become double its original size.
• To make the compote, melt butter in a heavy based saucepan and add the chopped apples.
• Stir in the sugar and lemon zest, along with a dash of cinnamon and heat until the fruit softens and is stewed.
• Discard the cinnamon stick and tip the contents of the pan into a squeezable plastic bottle.
• Pour oil in a deep fryer and heat it to 375 degrees F.
• Drop a small breadcrumb into the oil, if it turns golden brown after sizzling, then the oil has reached the preferred temperature.
• Shape the balls one more time, and lower them in batches, into the hot oil.
• Fry them until they turn golden brown and strain through a slotted spoon and transfer them to paper towels spread on a plate; set aside until cool enough to handle.
• Toss the caster sugar and cinnamon together and spread them in a plate.
• Roll the donuts into the above mixture until evenly coated with the cinnamon sugar and squeeze small amount of the filling into each donut.
• Serve and have fun.

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