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Homemade Greek Loukoumades Recipe

Greek donuts drenched in sugar syrup and covered in chocolate ganache
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Calories:

Servings: 2 people

Ingredients

Donut Dough

  • 250 g All purpose Flour
  • 250 g Milk Warm
  • 7 g Yeast

Sugar Syrup

  • 1 cup Sugar White caster sugar
  • 1 cup Water tap water
  • 5 Cardomom pods

Ganache

  • 117 g Dark chocolate Cooking chocolate chopped
  • 1/2 cup Cream Thick cream, whipping cream

Instructions

Donut dough

  • Warm the milk in a microwave and add yeast into it and leave aside until it froths
  • Mix together flour and the warm milk using a rubber spatula or a spoon. ( This does not have to be kneaded, it just need to be mixed well)
  • Cover with a cling wrap and leave aside until it doubles in size.
  • Heat a pot of oil
  • Once the dough has doubled in size add the dough into a piping bag
  • Once the oil is heated pipe the dough into the oil directly, use a pair of metal scissors to cut the dough( plunge the metal part of the scissors in the hot oil when it starts to get sticky
  • Cook it until it has a golden brown colour then flip and cook the other side
  • Once cook drain it onto a paper towel and let it cool

Sugar Syrup

  • Combin Water, sugar and cardamom pods cook on a low fire for 5 mins until it reduces to a sugar syrup consistency

Chocolate ganache

  • Microwave the cream until its hot
  • Add in the chocolate into the hot milk and stir well until fully incorporated and chocolate has dissolved

Assembly

  • Once the Donuts are cool, plunge it in the sugar syrup and let it rest for 2 minutes
  • Take it out the sugar syrup and pour the chocolate ganache over it and serve

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