Bugnes
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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/
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- Total Time
- 3hrs 15mins
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- Serves
- 6
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- Calories
- 446
A deep-fried pastry originating from South Eastern France. This pastry was developed to be eaten just before Lent to use up excess oil.
recipe updated 22 Jan 2025
Ingredients
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- Egg
- 4
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- Salt
- ½ teaspoon
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- Milk
- 90 g
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- Unsalted butter
- 75 g
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- Dried yeast
- 7 g
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- Plain flour
- 500 g
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- Oil
- as needed
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- Icing sugar
- as needed
Tools
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Paper towels
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Kenwood Chef
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Plate
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Kenwood bowl - kenwood chef
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Large saucepan
Step preview
- Attach Spiral Dough Tool
- Add egg, salt, milk, unsalted butter, dried yeast and plain flour to the Kenwood Bowl
- Mix - 3 min, Speed 1
- Cover with kitchen towel - 3 hr
- Transfer the dough from the Mixer bowl to a lightly floured work surface
- Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough until 5 mm thick, moving the dough regularly to avoid the dough sticking to the work surface
- Use a knife to cut into diamond shapes
- Cut a slit in the centre of each dough piece for a traditional shape
- Add oil to a clean large saucepan
- Heat - 180°C
- Line a clean plate with paper towels
- Test the oil is hot enough by tearing off a small piece of dough and place it carefully in the fryer. The dough should turn golden and float within 20 seconds
- Place the dough into the fryer in batches
- Once floating, flip over and fry until both sides are golden brown
- Using a slotted kitchen spoon, transfer the bugnes onto the plate with paper towels
- Dust with icing sugar
- Serve