Doughnuts And Chocolate Sauce Recipes

DONUT STICKS WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• In a deep-fryer or heavy-bottomed pot, heat enough peanut oil to come halfway up the sides of the pot, to 375 degrees F.
• Mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside.
• Slice the seamless dough sheets into 1-inch strips from the shorter length of the dough. Make sure that the strips are not longer than your deep-fryer is wide. Twist each dough strip, and then drop, 3 at a time, into the fryer. Fry the donut sticks until golden brown and crisp, about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, flipping with tongs about half way through. Remove the donuts from the fryer and dust with the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Serve with the chocolate sauce.
• In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, combine the first 6 ingredients and bring to a simmer. Whisk in the chocolate, vanilla, and butter and stir until the sauce is smooth.

ITALIAN DOUGHNUTS WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a saucepan of cold salted water and bring to the boil over a medium heat, then boil gently for 30 minutes or until tender aand then drain.
• Push through a potato ricer into a large bowl.
• Gently heat milk and butter in a small saucepan over a low heat until butter melts.
• Combine flour, 55 grams of the sugar and the yeast in a medium bowl.
• While potatoes are still warm, add the flour mixture with the egg and warm milk mixture and using your hand, bring all the ingredients together to form a soft dough.
• Divide dough into 4 portions and roll each portion into a 1.5cm thick log and then cut into 10cm lengths and shape each length into a ring to form a doughnut.
• Place 3cm apart on a lightly floured tray.
• Stand rings, covered with a clean tea towel, in a warm place, for 30 minutes or until they double in size.
• Combine cinnamon and remaining sugar in a shallow bowl, then set aside.
• To make chocolate sauce, place chocolate in a heatproof bowl.
• Heat cream in a small saucepan until hot, then pour over chocolate and stand for 1 minutes, then mix until smooth and then cover with plastic wrap to keep warm.
• Half fill a deep frying pan with oil and heat over a high heat, oil is ready when a cube of bread dropped into the oil turns golden in 10 to 15 seconds.
• Deep-fry doughnuts in small batches for 1 minute or until lightly golden and then drain on paper towels and then roll in cinnamon sugar.
• Serve doughnuts with the chocolate sauce for dipping.