Lyon-Style Fritters

Name: Lyon-Style Fritters (Bugnes)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 2 h 19 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Zest of 1 lemon; 1 ¾ sticks (200 g) butter; 4 eggs; 1 teaspoon (5 g) baking powder; 1 pinch granulated sugar; 5 cups (500 g) flour, sifted; Confectioners’ sugar; 8 ½ cups (2 liters) peanut oil; 1 tablespoon (15 ml) rum

Bugnes

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr 30

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Paul Bocuse

By Paul Bocuse

Published 2014

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Ingredients

1 ¾ sticks (200 g) butter
Zest of 1 lemon

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Leave the butter at room temperature a little in advance, so that it is soft when you begin preparing the dough.

Grate the lemon zest very finely.

In a salad bowl, mix the flour, granulated sugar, and baking powder, then stir in the eggs one by one. Add the softened butter, the grated lemon zest, and the rum.

Work the mixture together with you