Loukoumades – Greek doughnuts

• Vegan

• Refrigerated

  • 1/2 cup Almond milk

• Condiments

  • 1/2 cup Maple syrup

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All purpose flour, white
  • 1 sachet Instant yeast, dry
  • 1 Quill of cinnamon
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 1 tbsp Sugar

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Oil + more

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 handful Pistachios or walnuts

• Drinks

  • 1 Orange ( 1/4 cup / 60 ml orange juice, orange and zest

• Liquids

  • 1 cup Water

Found on lazycatkitchen.com

Description

Directions

• LOUKOUMADESMix all the dry ingredients together including yeast. Then add lukewarm water and milk and mix well until you get a runny batter similar to pancake batter.Cover with a piece of cling film and rest it for about 2 hours, until dough triples in size and there are lots of air bubbles visible (see photo).Once the dough is ready, heat up a small pot with oil on the stove. Once the oil is hot, dip a teaspoon in it and then scoop a teaspoon of the dough and gently drop it into hot oil.Fry about 5-6 loukoumades at one time. As the dough is very puffy / airy, they have a tendency to float, make sure you flip them now and again to be sure they are cooked evenly.Once your loukoumades are golden brown all over, fish them out of the oil with a fork or a slotted spoon and place them on a few layers of kitchen roll to get rid of excess oil.Pour hot syrup over your loukoumades and sprinkle some finely chopped pistachios and optionally some orange zest. Serve immediately.SYRUPPut maple syrup, 60 ml of orange juice and cinnamon quill in a small saucepan.Bring the mixture to boil and then simmer very gently for 10-15 minutes until the syrup thickens a little.Fish out cinnamon quill and pour hot syrup over hot loukoumades.