Fried donuts or donuts with lemon and orange. Grandmother’s recipe

For 4 0.4 €/pers. 285 kcal/100g

How to make flavored fried donuts or donuts with a light lemon and orange flavor, a dessert to always keep in mind at home.

Donuts are some of the most traditional sweets that have always been prepared in practically every corner of our country. It has humble ingredients, there are many versions and they are so easy to make that we don’t need much skill or dedicate a lot of time to them.

On the blog we have the traditional Easter roscos , but you will find the wine roscos and the delicious rosquetes from Cádiz . We really like this version with citrus because they give the dough a very special flavor. And to follow our grandmothers’ traditional recipe, we have used the shell of an egg as a measure. This is how it was done before and it always turned out well.

For each egg we will use a shell of the indicated ingredients. With 1 egg, about 8-10 donuts come out, if we want to make more we just have to add quantities, for example for 2 eggs we would use 2 shells of oil, 2 of sugar, 2 of orange juice, double the raising agent, orange zest and the flour that the dough supports.

It will take you just under an hour and you will have a box full of donuts for snack or breakfast time . And if there are leftovers, then you save them and for tomorrow, the next day and beyond. They last in perfect condition for days, without becoming chewy or chewy. Write down the ingredients for the purchase and get busy this weekend. Perfect for these Carnivals or Easter .

Preparation of fried donuts with lemon and orange

1. With a knife and very carefully we make a hole in the most pointed part of the egg, large enough so that we can empty the inside.
2. We empty the egg and wash the shell very well. We wash and remove the skin from the lemon. We fill the shell with extra virgin olive oil and put it in a saucepan over medium heat with the lemon skin. When the lemon begins to brown, turn off the heat and set aside.
3. We wash and grate the orange peel and squeeze the juice. In a large bowl we put the grated orange peel, a sugar shell, a orange juice shell, the strained olive oil, the egg and the two sachets of raising agent. We mix with a manual whisk until the ingredients are well integrated.
4. Little by little we add flour and mix. We will know that there is enough flour when when we grease our hands with oil and pinch a piece of dough it does not stick to our fingers. If it still sticks, add more flour and check again.
5. We grease a clean, smooth surface with oil and also our hands. We form balls with portions of dough, the size of a walnut. With a finger we make a hole in the center of the dough and shape it into a donut.

Frying and presentation of the orange and lemon donuts

1. We put plenty of sunflower oil in a large saucepan or deep frying pan. When it is hot but not excessively, we add some donuts. Fry for a few minutes on each side until golden. And we leave them on absorbent paper to remove excess oil.
2. We coat with sugar or with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon. We let it cool and serve.

Follow all the steps of this recipe for hollow donuts or donuts in this album. Don’t miss any details so that they turn out perfect.

Tips for making perfect fried lemon and orange donuts

• The portions of dough to make the donuts do not have to be too large because when frying them they will swell quite a bit. 
• The oil does not have to be excessively hot, if it is the donuts will be very dark and we run the risk of them being raw inside.
• We can add some anise seeds to the dough (or fry them in olive oil and then strain them), cinnamon powder or vanilla aroma, there are many formulas to find our favorite recipe.