Oliebollen

Name: Oliebollen
Yield: Makes approx. 30
Ingredients: Sunflower oil for frying; depending on what you’re frying in, approx. 4 litres in a deep-fat fryer, and approx. 1.5 litres in a 22 cm diameter pan; Icing sugar, for dusting; 2 x 15 ml tablespoons (30 g) soft unsalted butter; 1 large egg, at room temperature; 1 lemon; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; A pinch of salt; 250 g plain flour; An exuberant grating of nutmeg; 250 ml full-fat milk; 2½ teaspoons (7 g) or 1 sachet fast-action dried yeast; 2 x 15 ml tablespoons (25 g) caster sugar

Preparation info

Makes approx.
30

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cook, Eat, Repeat

By Nigella Lawson

Published 2020

About

Ingredients

250 g plain flour
A pinch of salt
2 x 15 ml

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the flour, salt, sugar and yeast in a large bowl.
Pour the milk into a saucepan or, if you have a microwave, a measuring jug. Either way, finely grate in a generous amount of nutmeg, followed by the zest of the lemon, add the vanilla and butter and heat until lukewarm; I just give the milk 45 seconds in the microwave at top whack, which for me means 900W. A