Ruddy donuts - delicacy, which like almost everything. Of course, this food can not be useful to name, but if you cook your own donuts using quality products and cooking oil, it will make the donuts less harmful. Sometimes you break the diet and indulge yourself with such delicious sweet donuts.

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It is believed that the idea to fry the patties in hot oil was born in antiquity. Ancient round cakes fried in boiling fat or lard, and then doused with honey and sprinkled with poppy seeds. These donuts called globules were very popular among all strata of the population.

In medieval Europe were loved donuts shaped «S» - Krapf. The composition of the test medieval donuts was close to modern.

Today, the most widely distributed in the form of donut rings. This form of rolls prepared very quickly. However, other forms of popular. For example, do donuts filled spherical or hemispherical.

Variety of deep fried sweet donuts can be found in different national cuisines. This German "Berliner" and American "donuts" and Norwegian "smultringi" and Greek "lukumedasy." Some donuts fried in oil on both sides, others are fried in deep fat. After that, crumpets blotted of excess fat and sprinkle with powdered sugar or frosting cover.

"Fast food

Doughnuts - a simple and hearty delicacy, they have long been sold at fairs, and today this dish is popular with fans of fast food. They love donuts, both adults and children - it's a great snack option "on the run" for those who are not too concerned about their health. Unfortunately, healthy food can not be called such crumpets: dough, deep fried - a calorie "bomb."

One hundred grams of donuts more than twenty grams of fat and 400 calories. Calorie donuts with icing or cream even higher. This stogrammovaya portion is quite small - three very small donut without stuffing or just one standard donut stuffed. Calorie treats can not be lower, since the production technology involves their rosy donuts frying in a large amount of fat. The only exception - the so-called "apple donuts" which are, in fact, fried in dough slices of apples.

It is clear that those who seek to lose weight, it is better to abandon such a calorie treats or indulge yourself to them only occasionally. However, nutritionists do not recommend too carried away donuts, even those who do not have problems with the figure. Cautious attitude to donuts is connected not only with their high calorie content, but also to the fact that sellers of fast food often save on fat for frying, using the low-quality oil several times. These fats are dangerous to health, they contain carcinogens and toxins. Regular consumption of donuts can lead to serious violations of the gastrointestinal tract, and even cancer. And some just once to eat donuts from fast food to get stomach problems or liver.

Doughnuts, made yourself at home, much safer, although they are not useful. Ideal donuts in the home kitchen are obtained using the fryer - this unit provides optimal temperature stable oil for fast food treats. But even if there is a deep fryer, homemade donuts will be more tasty and less harmful than purchased on the street, if you use high-quality fats for frying.

Secrets of tasty donuts

Doughnuts, made with his own hands, do not go to any comparison with the products with the scent of Rancid oils are sold in street stalls fast food. A homemade donuts to a particularly tasty, it is necessary to observe a few simple rules.

Usually donuts made from yeast dough. There is, however, donuts dough recipes with kefir Kefir: a unique drink for health and harmony   (cream) with soda or cottage cheese dough. Of the most commonly used spices vanilla Vanilla: sweet tenderness Although Norwegian spice cardamom donuts Cardamom: grains of paradise and the king of spices And the dough for the Greek Loukoumades cinnamon added.

Donuts are filled and without it, in the form of the wheel. Donuts with filling is best done little to better baked through. Some kinds of toppings (eg, oil cream) is put into the already cooled donuts, more traditional fruit fillings stuffed donuts before frying.

For frying donuts should use the deep fryer or large pan with high sides, a saucepan. It is also desirable to have the bottom of the dishes was sufficiently thick.

Butter the skillet should pour a lot. Not worth saving, if the fat is not enough, then the tab donuts its temperature will inevitably fall, and this will adversely affect the taste of the finished product. Also, if a lot of oil, the donut immersed in a full and better and faster par fried.

The oil must be very hot - up to 160-180 degrees. If the oil temperature will be insufficient, the donuts have absorbed too much fat. Before frying donuts should throw in a saucepan a small piece of dough, if it pops up and immediately begin reddening - you are ready to cook donuts.

Donuts cook faster and more evenly if during cooking them at least once to turn. The most convenient way to do it with two forks.

Ready donuts necessarily spread on the screen or on the grill. This is necessary to ensure that a stack of donuts fat.

Another hot donuts sprinkled with powdered sugar, using a strainer. You can also roll dumplings in sugar, cover them with icing or fondant.

Maria Bykov