Sofia's Italian Doughnuts Recipe

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Ingredients
18
Count
Nutrition
1530
Calories
Total time
50
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 225 ml milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 75 g caster sugar (1/2 cup)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour
  • 2 pears (beurre bosc specified peeled cored)
  • 2 tbsp lime juice
  • 110 g caster sugar (1/2 cup)
  • 2 tbsp passion fruit pulp
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • 250 ml water (1 cup)
  • 300 g self-raising flour (2 cups sifted)
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 1 tbsp water

Directions:

  1. CREME PATISSIERE - place milk and vanilla paste in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to just below boiling point and remove from the heat.
  2. Whisk yolks and sugar together until thick and pale and then add cornflour and whisk until combines and then slowly whisk the milk mixture into the egg mixture until well combines and then transfer to a clean saucepan and whisk over medium heat for 3 minutes or until mixture thickens.
  3. Transfer to a bowl, cover surgace with plastic wrap to prevent a skin forming, then chill until cold.
  4. DOUGHNUTS - using a box grater, grate the pear and place in a large bowl with the lime zest and juice, sugar, passionfruit pulp, egg, vanilla paste, water and a pinch of salt and then stir to combine and then gradually mix in sifted flour to form a wet dough.
  5. Fill a deep frying pan with 2cm of oil, and heat over medium heat until 180C or a cube of bread turns golden in 10 seconds.
  6. In batches of 4 gently drop heaped tablespoons of dough into oil and top with 3 blueberries and cook for 1 1/2 minutes each side or until golden and puffed and drain on paper towel, repeating until all mixture is used.
  7. Place creme patissiere in a piping bag and push the tip of the mozzle into the base of each doughnut and pipe about 1 teaspoon of creme patissiere into each doughnut.
  8. Warm the honey with water in a small saucepan until runny.
  9. Place the doughnuts on a platter and then drizzle with honey and serve.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1529.59 Kcal (6404 kJ)
Calories from fat 96.95 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 10.77g 17%
Cholesterol 331.34mg 110%
Sodium 835.45mg 35%
Potassium 629.67mg 13%
Total Carbs 340.57g 114%
Sugars 141.97g 568%
Dietary Fiber 9.59g 38%
Protein 19.45g 39%
Vitamin C 22.8mg 38%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Calcium 279.5mg 28%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 172.29 Kcal (721 kJ)
Calories from fat 10.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 1.21g 17%
Cholesterol 37.32mg 110%
Sodium 94.11mg 35%
Potassium 70.93mg 13%
Total Carbs 38.36g 114%
Sugars 15.99g 568%
Dietary Fiber 1.08g 38%
Protein 2.19g 39%
Vitamin C 2.6mg 38%
Iron 0.2mg 10%
Calcium 31.5mg 28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 30.7
    Points
  • 41
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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