Name: Easy drop doughnuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Makes approximately 20 servings
Cuisine: Starters & Light meals
Ingredients: free-range egg 1,sugar 50g,buttermilk 1/2cup,vanilla 1t,ghee or melted butter 1T,milk ¼cup,flour 120g,baking powder 1 ½t,vegetable oil, for deep-frying ,For the chocolate sauce: ,Woolworths 27 % cocoa milk chocolate drops 200g,milk ¼ cup,For serving: ,Woolworths cinnamon sugar 60g,strawberries or raspberries, for serving

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Mashed potato doughnuts

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cooking Time 1 hour, plus 55 minutes’ rising time

Ingredients

360 g flour
10 g instant dry yeast
100 g caster sugar
1 t salt
½ cup warm water
75 g butter, melted
165 g hot mashed potatoes
½ cup warm milk
¼ cup buttermilk or amasi
1 t vanilla extract (optional)
200 g caster sugar, for dusting

For the chocolate topping and filling:

100 g 70% dark chocolate
100 g Woolworths white chocolate drops
100 g Woolworths chocolate mousse

Method

1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, yeast, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl mix the water, butter, mashed potatoes, milk, vanilla essence and buttermilk.

2. Combine the wet and dry ingredients – I used my hands but you can use a metal spoon – and mix until you have a soft dough. Cover and allow to rise in a warm place for 40 minutes until almost doubled in size.

3. Punch down the dough and turn out onto a well-floured surface. Gently roll out the dough to a thickness of 2 cm. Cut out rounds using a cookie cutter or a glass tumbler.

4. Place the doughnuts onto a baking sheet, cover with a clean tea towel and leave to rise again for approximately 15 minutes.

5. Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat – if you have a candy thermometer, keep the oil around 165–180°C. Deep-fry the doughnuts in batches for 2 minutes, turning continuously to ensure that they are cooked evenly and all the way through. Drain on kitchen paper and dust with caster sugar.

6. To make the chocolate topping, melt the chocolate. Pour both into a bowl and marble using a skewer. When the doughnuts are completely cool, carefully dip them into the chocolate and lift out. Place on a plate and allow the chocolate to harden.

7. Fill a piping bag with the chocolate mousse and attach a medium-sized nozzle. Make a small incision into the side of each doughnut and fill with the chocolate mousse – it’s okay if things get a bit messy! I recommend enjoying it immediately with a glass of milk.

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Videography: Jan Ras, Romy Wilson
Still photograph: Jan Ras

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