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PERFECT PILLOWY BEIGNETS RECIPE WITH CLAIRE SAFFITZ | DESSERT PERSON
It’s faith-restoring when a food item (or anything, for that matter) lives up to the great hype surrounding it, so it was an affirming experience when I had my first beignets at Café Du Monde in New Orleans several years ago. Beignets are squares of fried dough similar to donuts, and even with high expectations, I found the chewiness and lightness of the ones at Café Du Monde miraculous. I have wanted to re-create something similar ever since, and this is my attempt. Though it’s the only yeasted recipe in the book, these beignets are straightforward to make and, deep-frying aside, hard to mess up because they shouldn’t look too uniform or neat. Like the ones at Café Du Monde, my beignets start with a wet dough (one of the keys to the large interior holes) and emerge from the fryer as airy pillows. When I say to generously coat them in confectioners’ sugar, I mean generously, and serve with a cup of coffee.
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MAKES 35 TO 40 BEIGNETS
Ingredients:
3 3⁄4 cups all-purpose flour
(17.8 oz / 506g), preferably a high-protein brand such as King Arthur, plus more for rolling
1⁄4 cup rye or whole wheat flour (1.2 oz / 34g)
1⁄2 cup granulated sugar (3.5 oz / 100g)
2 3⁄4 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 1 1⁄2 teaspoons Morton kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1⁄2 cup whole milk (4.2 oz / 120g), at room temperature
2 large eggs (3.5 oz / 100g), beaten, at room temperature
6 cups neutral oil (2.9 lb / 1.3kg), such as peanut, for deep-frying
Confectioners’ sugar, for serving
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