We can’t all make it to Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras, however you can bring a taste of the celebrations home with a little assistance from Universal Orlando Resort.
The Florida resort is celebrating Mardi Gras all the method through April 16 with joyful foods and homeentertainment, consistingof star-studded performances and whimsical parades with full-size drifts. This Mardi Gras, Universal Orlando is sharing its special dish for mouthwatering beignets with USA TODAY.
You might have lotsof of the ingredients for this timeless fried reward currently in your cookingarea, however they’re likewise readilyavailable at any grocery story. Bon appétit and laissez les bons temps rouler!
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Universal Orlando Resort Beignets
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, extra for cleaning
- 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 cup warm whole milk, about 100°F
- 2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 large egg
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 1/2 to 2 quarts vegetable oil
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Recommended devices
- Mixer with paddle and dough hook accessories
- Measuring glass
- Medium bowl
- 4-quart pot
- Cooling rack
- Baking sheet
- Tongs
- Tea towel
Instructions
1) Start the dough.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle accessory, integrate 3 cups of flour, salt and 2 tablespoons of sugar.
2) Bloom the yeast.
- In a 4-cup measuring glass or medium bowl, integrate the warm milk, the staying tablespoon of sugar and yeast. Allow it to sit upuntil foamy, about 5 minutes.
3) Make the dough.
- Beat the egg into the foamy milk mix and include the mix to the blending bowl of flour. Mix by hand or utilizing the paddle accessory with your stand mixer set to low or medium-low, till you get a damp dough with shaggy dry bits throughout. This can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 1/2 minutes.
- Swap out the paddle accessory for the dough hook. Add the melted butter. Set the mixer to medium-low upuntil the butter is included, about 1 minute.
4) Knead the dough.
- Turn the mixer on medium to medium-high and knead on the hook for about 6 minutes. The dou