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Bugnes with the Thermomix

Name: Bugnes with the Thermomix
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 95 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 70 g granulated sugar; 500 g flour; 10 g baking powder (i.e. 1 packet of Alsatian baking powder); 4 eggs; 200 g butter; 1 organic lemon (for the zest); ½ organic orange (for the zest); 1 tbsp rum; 2 liters peanut oil (for frying)

Shared by CookAdapt · written for Thermomix

Your Thermomix does 4 of 64 min for you

⁦20 min⁩Prep

⁦15 min⁩Cook

8Servings

Per serving · estimated

549 kcal10 g Protein59 g Carbs23 g Fat

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Ingredients

Instructions

Thermomix · 4Pulverize the sugar · Mix the dry ingredients · Incorporate the eggs · Knead the dough

By hand · 5Cut the butter · Set the sugar aside · Rest in the fridge · Shape the bugnes +1

Oven or hob · 2Heat the oil · Fry the bugnes

Cut the butter

Weigh 200 g of butter, cut it into small cubes on a plate and let it soften at room temperature.

By hand

Pulverize the sugar

Pour 70 g of granulated sugar into the mixing bowl and blend 15 sec / speed 10 to obtain powdered sugar.

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Set the sugar aside

Transfer the powdered sugar to a bowl, leaving about 2 tbsp in the Thermomix mixing bowl. The reserved sugar will be used for the final dusting.

By hand

Mix the dry ingredients

Add 500 g of flour and 10 g of baking powder, then blend 5 sec / speed 5.

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Incorporate the eggs

Set 2 min / dough mode (speed 4) and add 4 eggs one at a time through the lid opening while kneading.

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Knead the dough

Add 200 g of very soft butter, 1 tbsp of rum, the finely grated zest of 1 organic lemon and that of ½ organic orange (grated by hand). Knead 2 min / dough mode (speed 4), or longer if necessary, until the dough is smooth.

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Rest in the fridge

Remove the dough from the mixing bowl, shape it into a ball, place it in a freezer bag or plastic wrap and let it rest for 1 hour in the refrigerator.

By hand

60 min

Heat the oil

In a deep fryer or a large pot on the stove, heat 2 liters of peanut oil to 170°C.

Stove or oven

170°C

Shape the bugnes

Roll out the dough as thinly as possible on a floured work surface. Cut out rectangles with a pastry wheel (or a knife), make a slit in the center of each one and pass one end through the slit.

By hand

Fry the bugnes

Fry the bugnes in the oil at 170°C until golden, turning them halfway through cooking.

Stove or oven

170°C

Drain and serve

Drain the bugnes well, place them on paper towels and generously dust them with the reserved powdered sugar before enjoying.

By hand

Step 2, as written for the Thermomix

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