Doughnuts are a type of pastry that is maximally popular in the United States. Little is known about the specific background of Americans’ love for doughnuts. However, the cult of doughnuts has been going on for about 50 years.
You can often see doughnuts on government officials. For example, American police officers.
On-duty police officers are given doughnuts free of charge in establishments. This is a kind of tribute to law enforcement officers.
Let’s tell you about the method of cooking potato donuts.
Ingredients for doughnuts:
- Potatoes – 400 g;
- Milk – 150 ml;
- Potato broth – 150 ml;
- Vegetable oil – 60 g;
- Dry yeast – 2 tsp;
- Chicken egg – 1 pc;
- Salt – 1.5 tsp;
- Wheat flour – 600 g.
Preparation of doughnuts:
Cut the peeled potatoes into small pieces and boil until tender. Turn potatoes into mashed potatoes, pour milk.
Pour yeast into the warm potato broth and leave for 10 minutes. Pour vegetable oil into the mashed potatoes, pour salt, beat an egg and stir. Pour
yeast into the potato mixture and stir. Sift the flour and pour into the mashed potatoes in batches, knead the dough.
After kneading the dough with your hands, leave the kolobok in a warm place under a towel for 50-60 minutes. Again knead the dough, heat vegetable oil in a saucepan
. The oil should be half of the volume of the pan. Dip a spoon into the warm water, scoop out the dough and pour it into the oil. Fry the potato doughnuts on medium heat until golden.
The result is to make quick puffy potato donuts. This is a great option for an appetizer, served better with sour cream and onions.
