Sweet fritters

Name: Sweet fritters (Buñuelos)
Cuisine: Argentine
Ingredients: 30 ml/2 tbsp baking powder; pinch of salt; 45 ml/3 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar; finely grated rind of 1 lemon; 175 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; dulce de leche, or apple purée, for filling; icing (confectioner’s) sugar, for dusting; 2 eggs; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; about 750 ml/1¼ pints/3 cups vegetable oil, for deep-frying; dulce de leche, or apple purée, for filling

Buñuelos

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food and Cooking of Argentina

By Cesar Bartolini

Published 2014

About

The Argentinian equivalent of doughnuts, these are usually eaten as a morning break or mid-afternoon snack, often accompanied by a cup of steaming mate. They can be filled with dulce de leche or apple purée as suggested here, or with créme pâtisserie.

Ingredients

175 g/6 oz/1½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour
30

Americas
Argentina
Breakfast
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

Pour the oil into a heavy pan or deep-fat frying (it should come no more than half-way up the pan) and heat to 180°C/350°F.
While the oil is heating, sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. Stir in the caster sugar and lemon rind. Make a hollow in the middle of the dry ingredients.