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En Menorca it is tradition these days to elaborate and consume Bunyols de Tots Sants or Buñuelos de Todos los Santos. Although recipes come from other areas, such as panellets, and traditions from other cultures, such as Halloween, these fritters are not stopped in many houses and bakery-patisseries.
They can be prepared with potatoes, sweet potatoes or a combination of both and are usually eaten coated in sugar, washed down with honey or with a little syrup (a concentrated dark-colored fruit syrup that is normally prepared with figs and / or grapes. ).
Bunyols from Tots Sants
Typical Menorcan recipe to consume on All Saints' Day.
- Barbara Gonzalo
- Kitchen: Spanish, International
- Recipe type: dessert
- Rations: 24 units
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Ingredients
- 300 gr. cooked potato
- 4 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cooked beef lard (but good quality butter)
- 300 gr. strength flour
- 2 eggs
- 20 gr. fresh baker's yeast
- Sunflower oil for frying
- Sugar or honey
Preparation
Boil the peeled potato in plenty of water until tender. Drain and reserve a little of the cooking liquid.
In a bowl and with the help of a fork, mix the potato (still warm) with the lard or butter and the sugar. Mash well until a homogeneous dough is left.
Add the eggs one by one and mix well until they are fully integrated.
Dissolve the yeast in a couple of tablespoons of the cooking water that we had reserved and add to the dough that we are preparing. Mix well.
Now, little by little, add the sifted flour and mix until fully integrated.
Cover the dough with a transparent film and let it rise until it doubles in volume.
Take portions of dough about the size of an egg, make a large hole in the center and add to a frying pan with plenty of hot oil.
Let them cook over medium heat, turning them so that they brown on both sides. (Be careful! They are done quite quickly and you have to be aware of them so that they do not burn us and they do well inside).
Let drain on a plate with absorbent paper to remove excess oil and coat with sugar. This is how they like them best at home, but if you prefer they are also very rich with honey or syrup.
