Doughnuts with Apple Filling and Chocolate Sauce

Name: Doughnuts with Apple Filling and Chocolate Sauce
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 250 g dark chocolate, in small pieces; 125 ml warm sugar syrup; ½ tbsp dark rum; ½ tbsp rosewater; 40 g butter, softened to room temperature; ¼ quantity apple compote; groundnut or sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 100 g caster sugar; 250 g plain flour, plus extra to dust; 25 g caster sugar; 1 tsp sea salt; 15 g fresh yeast (or 7 g sachet fast-action dried); 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 40 ml whole milk

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Maze

By Jason Atherton

Published 2008

About

Ingredients

Doughnuts

250 g plain flour, plus extra to dust
1 tsp sea salt
25

Method

To make the doughnuts, put the flour, salt and sugar into a free-standing electric mixer fitted with a dough hook, stir to combine and make a well in the centre. Stir the yeast and milk together until creamy and add to the well. Add the egg, rum and rosewater. Mix on low speed to combine, then increase the speed slightly and mix until the dough comes together in a ball. Mix in the butter, a lit