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Cottage cheese doughnuts

Cottage cheese is mixed with flour, vanilla and a little sugar then deep-fried to make these adorable, light and crowd-pleasing mini doughnuts.

Cottage cheese donuts

Cottage cheese donuts Credit: Kitti Gould

  • makes

    30

  • prep

    15 minutes

  • cook

    25 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

makes

30

serves

preparation

15

minutes

cooking

25

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • 500 g farm-style cottage cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 3–4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tbsp brandy, optional
  • 200 g plain flour, approximately
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 heaped tsp baking powder
  • vegetable oil, for greasing and deep frying
  • icing sugar, to dust
Makes about 30 mini doughnuts.

Instructions

  1. Line a tray with baking paper.
  2. Place the cottage cheese in a blender and process until smooth.
  3. Lightly beat the eggs in a bowl with the sugar, vanilla and brandy (optional). Add the cottage cheese and mix to combine.
  4. Sieve the flour, salt and baking powder into a separate bowl, then add to the cheese mixture and stir until a soft dough comes together (it should remain just slightly sticky).
  5. Lightly oil the palms of your hands, then roll the mixture into small balls about the size of a walnut, placing them on the baking paper-lined tray as you go.
  6. Heat the oil for deep frying in a deep wide pan to 180˚C. Cooking in small batches of 4–6, carefully lower several balls into the hot oil, avoid overcrowding, and fry the doughnuts for 5 minutes or until golden, crisp and cooked through.
  7. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Dust with icing sugar and serve warm or at room temperature.
 

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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