Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, loukoumades. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Loukoumades is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Loukoumades is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
Beat in the butter, eggs, and flour until the mixture forms a smooth, soft dough. Loukoumades are little bite-sized fluffy sweet honey balls (the Greek version of donuts), which are deep fried to golden and crispy perfection. Greek donuts (loukoumades) are traditionally served soaked in hot honey syrup, sprinkled with cinnamon and garnished with chopped walnuts or toasted sesame seeds.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have loukoumades using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Loukoumades:
- Make ready 20 g dried yeast
- Make ready 1 tsp salt flakes
- Make ready 2 and 1/3 cups of plain flour
- Prepare Vegetable oil for frying
- Prepare Honey for drizzle
- Get White chocolate, melted, for drizzle
Fry loukoumades in very hot oil until golden brown, pushing them into the oil with a slotted spoon and transfer to a serving dish lined with kitchen paper for them to drain. Keep making more fritters in this way. When done, put them on a large platter and pour hot honey syrup over them and lightly dust with cinnamon. Loukoumades (in Greek: λουκουμάδες, singular λουκουμάς, pronounced loo-koo-MA-thess, loo-koo-MA-tha) are the Greek version of a doughnut—golden puffs of fried dough that are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.
Instructions to make Loukoumades:
- To make the dough, dissolve yeast, 425 ml water and salt in a bowl of mixer. Add flour to the mixture and return it to the mixer and mix using whisk attachment for 10-15 minutes or until the dough no longer sticks to the side. Transfer to larger bowl and cover with plastic wrap and set aside to prove for 2 hours.
- Once doubled in size, firmly knead the dough to release air bubbles and transfer mixture to piping bag.
- Heat oil for deep frying. Pipe golf sized balls into the hot oil. Deep fry till lightly golden and cooked through. Drain on paper towel.
- Arrange the fried loukoumades on a large plate and drizzle over the honey and white chocolate generously. Sprinkle nuts for extra crunch, serve hot.
After they are fried, they're bathed in sweet syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon and walnuts. Loukoumades are a popular Greek sweet, balls of dough deep fried until golden then drizzled with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. These delicious mouthfuls are impossible to resist. Loukoumades are traditional Greek sweet little honey puffs, the Greek version of donuts some could say. But trust me, this version is an indulgent delight like no other!
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