Thermomix Malasada Donuts
An Original Recipe by Lorraine Elliott
Preparation time: 30 minutes plus 2 hours resting/cooling time
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Makes 18 Donuts
- 1/3 cup/80ml/2.8fl oz water
- 1/3 cup/65g/2.3oz sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant dried yeast
- 540g/19oz flour
- 1 cup/250ml/8.8fl oz hot milk
- 80g/3ozs butter, melted
- 2 eggs, large at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Crème pâtissière
- 500ml/16.9flozs milk
- 90g/3ozs. sugar
- 30g/1oz. cornflour
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
To Fill and Roll
- 1 cup/200g/7ozs. sugar
- 400g/14ozs jam (guava jam, passion fruit curd)
Step 1 - Place the yeast, water and sugar in the Thermomix bowl and set to 2 minutes, 37C and speed 1. Add the flour, hot milk, butter, eggs, vanilla and salt and place on speed 6 for 6 seconds. Then knead for 3 minutes. It will be quite a sticky dough. Place in a very large bowl (it will swell up high) and cover and allow to rise for 1.5 hours or until triple in size.
Step 2 - While it is rising, make the creme patissiere. Place all ingredients in the Thermomix bowl and set to 7 minutes 90C and speed 4. Place in a bowl and place cling film on top touching the surface so that a skin doesn't form.
Step 3 - Punch down the dough when it is ready and flour a surface and roll the dough out until an inch thick. Cut out rounds with a 6cm/2.4 inch cutter placing them apart about an inch and allow to rise for 30 minutes.
Step 4 - Heat oil to 180C/350F in a large pot and add three donuts at a time to the oil and cook for 3-4 minutes total turning over halfway. Keep checking the oil temperature and adjust it up and down to keep it at 180C/350F. Place on a double paper towel lined tray and allow to rest for a few minutes before rolling in sugar.
Step 5 - Place your fillings in a piping bag and using a small, sharp knife cut into the side of a donut and pipe the filling in. I put some jam, then the custard and then some jam again so that you can see from a glance what the filling is. Serve while warm!