Facebook is responsible for these beignets...these dirty, dirty little beignets.
The Butcher totally called me out on making something for Mardi Gras. To be honest, it hadn't even crossed my mind. I said I would make something with Nutella, considering that I had just gotten a new jar the night before. She said beignets. Keep it Cajun.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
M F'n Nutella Beignets
1 tsp. active dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg
1/3 cup + 2 tbs. + 1 tsp. evaporated milk
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tbs. shortening
oil for frying
1 jar Nutella
In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Add sugar, salt, egg, evaporated milk and blend well. Mix in 2 cups of flour and beat until smooth. Add shortening, and then the remaining 1 1/2 of flour. Mix until completely combined. Cover and chill in refrigerator for one hour. On a lightly floured surface, roll out dough to about an 1/8 on an inch thick. Cut into 2 1/2 inch squares. Fry in oil heated to medium high. Be sure to let oil heat up all the way before dropping dough. They will float to the top almost immediately. Fry to golden brown and transfer to paper towel lined plate to drain. Spoon a few heaping tablespoonfuls into a piping bag fitted with the smallest tip, or a sandwich bag with the corner cut off. Turn over beignets and poke a small hole big enough for tip and squeeze yummy Nutella into the doughnut, repeat with rest. Dust with powdered sugar.
Love them.
Shit, marry 'em.
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