Fried brothers: the recipe for delicious donuts to prepare for Carnival and beyond
I fried brothers they are soft and delicious donuts, quick and irresistible candies usually prepared with Carnival but that you can do whenever you want. To prepare them, simply make the dough with eggs, sugar, flour, baking powder, milk, orange and lemon zest and liqueur. We will then form the donuts, which will be fries in boiling oil until golden brown and immediately strain into caster sugar. The fried brothers are excellent to taste hot for the snack or serve for a dessert buffet: young and old will love it. Here are the steps to make them.
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ingredients
baking powder for cakes
Liquor (fil’e ferru or rum)
How to prepare fried brothers
Beat the egg with the sugar until it dissolves. Add lemon zest, orange zest, milk, juice from half an orange, liqueur and stir to combine all ingredients.
Sift the flour, the baking powder and continue to mix with an electric whisk.
Add the lard and knead with your hands to obtain a smooth and compact dough.
Transfer the mixture to the work surface and roll it out with a rolling pin. Use an 8 cm circular cookie cutter to cut discs then a smaller mold to obtain donuts.
Fry them on both sides in hot oil until golden brown.
Cover the donuts with sugar and serve.
storage
You can save fried brothers for 1-2 days in an airtight container, although it is advisable to consume them after preparation.
