Buckwheat Doughnuts

Name: Buckwheat Doughnuts
Yield: Makes about 2 dozen pampushky
Cuisine: Ukraine
Ingredients: 2 to 3 cups lard or sunflower oil for deep frying; 4 extra-large eggs; 2 cups (generous) buckwheat flour; ½ teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter and crusty brown sugar for serving; 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter and crusty brown sugar for serving; 2 to 3 cups lard or sunflower oil for deep frying; 8 tablespoons unsalted butter

Hrechani pampushky

Preparation info

Makes about
2 dozen
pampushky

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Ukrainian Cookbook

By Annette Ogrodnik Corona

Published 2020

About

My favorite way to eat these pampushky is with a little melted butter and a generous sprinkling of crusty brown sugar.

Ingredients

8 tablespoons unsalted butter
½ teaspoon salt
2 cups

Europe
Ukraine
Bread
Vegetarian
Eastern Europe

Method

Pour 1 cup of water into a medium saucepan and add the butter and salt. Bring the mixture just to a boil and then add the flour, stirring briskly to incorporate, until the batter starts to leave the sides of the saucepan. Remove the pan from the heat and let dough cool for 5 minutes