Ukrainian culinary YouTube blogger Tatyana Yarovaya explained step by step how to use simple ingredients without much kneading to prepare the pearl of Ukrainian cuisine – tender and tasty curd donuts with cherries.
“Curd donuts with cherries are a delicate, aromatic and truly homemade dessert that is prepared quickly and easily. They are ideal for breakfast, tea or as a sweet snack for the whole family,” the blogger noted. “The donuts are soft inside, with a crispy crust and juicy filling.”
You don't need yeast to make the dough.
Products
- 600 g cottage cheese;
- two eggs;
- 80 g sugar;
- 150 g flour;
- half a teaspoon of baking powder;
- vanillin;
- 200 g cherries;
- 50 g sugar;
- 10 g starch.
Preparation
- Take pureed cottage cheese. If the cottage cheese is very dense and hard to grind, use a blender. The more homogeneous the mass, the better the donuts will turn out. Add sugar and eggs, mix with a spatula or your hands.
- Add flour, baking powder and a little vanilla. First mix with a spatula, then knead the dough with your hands.
- Knead a homogeneous dough – it should not stick to your hands. If you are using homemade full-fat cottage cheese, you may need a little more flour.
- Pinch off a piece of dough and form into a ball weighing approximately 40 g.
- Heat the vegetable oil until it completely covers the donuts. If you have a kitchen thermometer, the temperature should be 160°C.
- Check the readiness of the oil: lower the skewer – if it is well heated, intense bubbles should appear. You can also drop a small piece of dough – if it actively foams, start frying.
- Cook the donuts over low heat. During frying, the donuts will turn over and brown on their own.
- Place the finished donuts on a paper towel to remove excess fat and let them cool slightly.
- Prepare the cherry filling. To do this, place the cherries in a saucepan. Mix sugar and starch, add to cherries, stir and bring to a boil. Cook for another three minutes. Taste to avoid the taste of starch, then cool.
- Make a cross-shaped cut on the donuts and use a pastry bag to fill them with filling.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
