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Sfenz

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
World's Best Cakes: 250 great cakes from Raspberry Genoise to Chocolate Kugelhopf

By Roger Pizey

Published 2013

  • About

The very first doughnuts were most likely prepared by the ancient Egyptians, and Sfenz originate from their neighbours the Libyan Jews of North Africa. Deep-fried doughnuts, such as Sfenz, are often served as the traditional sweet treat during the Jewish festival of Hannukah.

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 20 g (¾ oz) caster sugar

Method

  1. Mix together all the ingredients for the dough (except the deep-frying oil) adding additional flour, if necessary.
  2. Pull off balls of the dough and roll in the palm of your hand until about the size of a chestnut (roughly 30 g (1¼</

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