Delicious appetizer? Go for cheese donuts! – Italian Cuisine

Delicious appetizer? Go for cheese donuts!


Instead of focaccette, bruschetta or taralli, try to propose these tasty donuts with cheese for happy hour. To be combined with salami and a good glass of wine!

L'appetizer it is an essential moment of the day, especially in view of the weekend, when the working week ends. Now that we've learned a also prepare it at home, we have always tried different recipes to offer new delicacies every time. How about trying to prepare these too cheese donuts?

There recipe it comes fromUmbria and find it below. In our gallery, however, you can read some Advice on how to pair donuts with cheese and how to store them.

The recipe for cheese donuts

Ingredients

To prepare the donuts with cheese you need: 500 gr of flour 0, 25 g of brewer's yeast, 250 g of mixed cheeses, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 spoons of extra virgin olive oil, 1 egg yolk, warm water, salt and pepper to taste.

Method

In a large bowl, place 100 grams of flour. Meanwhile, dissolve the yeast in the warm water with the sugar, then add it to the flour, pouring it slowly and working the dough with a fork. You have to get a sticky but soft compound. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for an hour.

Then, in another large bowl, pour the remaining flour, season with salt and add the leavened dough. Work everything with your hands, adding hand by hand some lukewarm water. Transfer the dough to the pastry board and work it with your hands until it becomes smooth and compact. Make the ball, lay it in a bowl greased with oil, cover again with plastic wrap and let it rest in a warm place for another hour.

Meanwhile, prepare the mixed cheeses: emmental, pecorino, but also Parmesan are fine. Grate them, leaving a few larger pieces.

Now that the dough has risen, place it on a pastry board and knead a few more minutes, adding the 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and then the grated cheeses little by little. The dough at the end must be uniform and compact.

Now detached from the dough of the balls and with the help of your hands, work them in the shape of a loaf. Give them the shape of a ring and place them on a pan greased with oil, spaced and brushed with egg yolk.

While preheating the oven to 200 ° C, let the donuts rest for a few more minutes. Then put them in the oven and cook them for about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven when they are golden brown and serve hot.

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