Mini Banana Beignets

Preparation time: 10 minutes + 30 minutes standing; Cooking time: 20 minutes; Makes: 50 beignets

Original Recipe

Ingredients

• 250g (2 cups, 9oz) cake flour (spoon and level the flour, do not scoop)
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoons mixed spice (or pumpkin spice) or nutmeg or cinnamon or cardamom
• ⅓ cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 large ripe banana, mashed (about ½ cup)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• ½ cup granulated sugar, extra, for making cinnamon sugar
• 2 teaspoons cinnamon, for making cinnamon sugar
• Vegetable oil for deep frying

Instructions

1. Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, mixed spice and ⅓ cup sugar in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre.
2. In another bowl whisk together the egg, buttermilk, mashed banana and 3 tablespoons vegetable oil.
3. Pour the banana mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until combined. Cover and aside for thirty minutes.
4. Cinnamon Sugar: combine the extra ½ cup sugar and 1-2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon in a shallow bowl and set aside.
5. Heat about 2 inches vegetable oil in a deep pan over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer registers 350ºF. (Frankly speaking I don’t use thermometers, I have learnt to adjust the heat over the years of frying doughnuts and other things).
6. Working in batches, drop rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 30 seconds per side. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel, then roll in the cinnamon sugar while still warm.

Point to Note

1. please use a rounded teaspoon. If you decide to make them bigger then you’ll need to reduce the temperature of the oil accordingly and cook them for a longer time, otherwise they might not cook in the centre.
2. I had only 60g of cake flour that I mixed with 190g of all-purpose.
3. I made these beignets with all-purpose flour, alone and they were quite different from the ones made from the mixture of all-purpose and cake flour. I recommend that you use at least half cake flour. It makes a big difference.

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