Baked donuts filled with cream, a sweet idea for Carnival

I donuts they are very popular sweets during the period of Carnival. Today we will reveal how to make the baked version with custard.

donuts

Soft, with a creamy heart and covered with sugar, the donuts are one of the many typical sweets of Carnival, although they are actually available all year round. It is a much loved delight precisely because it is a real bomb of goodness. I am great for breakfast and they also become one delicious snack able to sweeten the day. As for their origin, some argue that they are Austrian.

The fact is, that in Italy they have had an extraordinary success to the point of spreading throughout Italy (including the islands). They are known by different names depending on the region: for example a Roma they are known as bombs; to Napoli they are called braces and the dough also includes the addition of potatoes.

variants

There are two variants: Fried and forno (the former certainly more caloric than the latter). Inside they can contain in addition to the classic custard, Also jam. Obviously everything will depend on your personal tastes.

Baked donuts filled with cream: ingredients

These are the ingredients for your donuts: 250 g of Manitoba flour; 250 g of flour 00; 200 ml of whole milk; 80 grams of butter; 8 grams of brewer's yeast; 1 egg; 1 sachet of vanillin; 60 grams of sugar; the grated rind of a lemon (or alternatively of an orange); granulated sugar (or icing) to be used to sprinkle the donuts. For the custard, on the other hand, you will need: 75 grams of wheat starch; 175 grams of sugar; 2 egg yolks; 50 grams of butter; half a liter of whole milk; 2 sachets of vanilla.

Baked donuts filled with cream: procedure

First take a large bowl and put the milk, then add the brewer's yeast by crumbling it. Stir until the yeast dissolves. Then add the two flours (Manitoba and 00) and continue to work everything. To the mixture add the grated peel of half a lemon, the sugar, the vanilla bag and finally the butter that you had previously softened. Continue to mix everything until all the ingredients are well blended.

Then let the dough rise in the bowl until it has doubled in size. Then create discs about 10 centimeters long and about one centimeter thick. Arrange them in a baking tray lined with parchment paper and let them rise for at least 40 minutes. Then bake them for about 15 minutes at 180 degrees. Once ready, fill them with the custard and sprinkle with granulated sugar or icing sugar.   

The procedure for the custard

Take the two eggs and separate the yolks from the whites. Pour the milk into a saucepan and heat it, but do not boil it. In another bowl, instead, beat the egg yolks with the sugar and vanilla until you get a sort of light cream. Pour the starch little by little and continue stirring until everything is combined. Now add the milk that you had previously heated to the mixture and continue to mix. Take your mixture and put it on the stove over low heat and stir. Add the butter and continue to mix well with a whisk until the cream takes on a thick consistency. As soon as it is well blended, remove your cream from the heat and let it cool. Buon appetito!