Papanasi: Sweet Cheese Donuts with Blueberry & Cream

🧂 Ingredients

• 500 grams Twarog cheese

  or see substitutions
• 300 grams flour
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 0.25 teaspoon salt
• zest of one lemon
• 1.5 cups crème fraîche

  or see substitutions
• 1.5 cups blueberry syrup

  or see substitutions
• 2 cups sunflower oil

  or other neutral oil for frying

Instructions

• 1 In a large bowl whisk up the eggs until mixed then mix in all of the other donut
  ingredients with a spoon or fork just until the liquids are absorbed and you
  have a shaggy mixture.
• 2 Use your hands to fully mix the dough, ensuring its very homogenous and smooth.
  If it's sticking then rinse your hands and start again with slightly damp hands.
• 3 Divide up the dough into 6 even pieces. See recipe post for details on doing
  this precisely.
• 4 Divide again, splitting each piece up into a small piece (approximately a
  quarter of the weight) and a larger piece. Shape the small piece into a ball,
  and the larger piece into a donut shape.
• 5 Set the shaped pieces aside in one layer (for example on parchment paper) until
  ready to use.
• 6 Heat the oil in your non-stick skillet until it reaches 105 - 110 C / 220-230 F.
• 7 Gently place the papanasi into the hot oil and fry on each side for
  approximately 3 minutes or until golden.
• 8 Remove papanasi from oil and set on wire rack to drain until ready to eat.
• 9 Top each donut piece with soured cream first and then blueberry preserves. Put
  the smaller circle piece on top, and top it the same way.

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