Benjamina Ebuehi’s Recipe For Strawberry And Custard Doughnuts | The Sweet Spot

I don’t make doughnuts very often, but fewer things are amended than nan first wound of a freshly fried, pillowy-soft one, sugar-coated lips and all. When it comes to fillings, custard conscionable astir thumps jam for me, but who’s to opportunity you can’t person both? So, to fulfill everyone, I’ve filled these doughnuts generously pinch a heavy vanilla custard and a speedy strawberry jam.

Strawberry and custard doughnuts

Prep 15 min
Prove 1 hr 45 min+
Cook 1 hr 45 min
Makes 9

For nan custard
4 ovum yolks
50g caster sugar
25g cornflour
400ml milk
½ tsp vanilla bean paste
100ml double cream

For nan strawberry jam
250g strawberries, hulled and astir chopped
100g caster sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice

For nan dough
360g bread flour, plus other for dusting
7g dried instant yeast
55g caster sugar, plus other for sprinkling
½ tsp salt
100ml milk
1 ample egg
40g unsalted butter, softened
1 litre rootlike aliases sunflower oil

Make nan custard by beating nan ovum yolks, sweetener and cornflour successful a vessel until smooth. Put nan beverage and vanilla successful a mini saucepan and power mildly until steaming. Pour a large scatter of nan basking beverage operation connected to nan eggs, whisk well, past whisk successful nan remaining milk. Pour backmost into nan saucepan and cook, whisking constantly, complete a mean heat, until heavy and bubbling. Pour nan custard into a cleanable bowl, screen pinch clingfilm truthful it touches nan surface, and time off to cool wholly earlier chilling successful nan fridge.

To make nan strawberry jam, put nan strawberries, sweetener and citrus juice successful a mini cookware and bring to a boil. Simmer for 7 to 9 minutes, until softened and jammy, utilizing nan backmost of a spoon to mash immoderate ample pieces of fruit. Set speech to cool, past spoon into a piping bag.

To make nan dough, put nan flour, yeast, sweetener and brackish successful nan vessel of a guidelines mixer and operation to combine. Make a good successful nan centre, move successful nan milk, water, ovum and softened butter, and knead connected debased velocity for six to 7 minutesrest uncovered successful nan vessel for 5 minutes.

Knead again for 5 minutes, until nan mixed is soft and supple and isn’t sticking to nan sides of nan bowl, past transportation to a lightly greased bowl, screen and beryllium successful a lukewarm spot for 1 aliases 2 hours, until astir doubled successful size.

Knock retired nan air, move retired nan mixed connected to a well-floured aboveground and rotation nan mixed into a rectangle astir 1¼cm thick. (If it keeps springing back, fto it remainder for a fewer minutes earlier rolling again.) Use a information cutter to stamp retired 9 doughnuts, re-rolling nan mixed if needed.

Put each doughnut connected a mini quadrate of greaseproof paper, screen pinch a damp beverage towel and beryllium for 30-40 minutes, aliases until puffy.

Heat nan lipid successful a heavy-based cookware until it reaches 175C. Fry 2 aliases 3 doughnuts astatine a clip (no request to peel disconnected nan greaseproof paper; it will float successful nan lipid truthful you tin prime it out) for a infinitesimal and a half to 2 minutes per side, until profoundly golden. Transfer nan cooked doughnuts to a sheet lined pinch room insubstantial and repetition pinch nan remaining dough.

Once they’re cool capable to handle, put immoderate caster sweetener connected a shallow sheet and rotation each doughnut astir until covered. Remove nan custard from nan fridge and whisk good to region immoderate lumps. Lightly whip nan double pick to soft peaks, past fold into nan custard; transportation to a piping bag.

Using a skewer, make a spread successful nan apical of each doughnut and capable pinch custard and jam. Serve immediately.