Hey, I saw the recipe development posts for doughnuts and just in case anyone fancies making AWESOME doughnuts that blow KK out the water without the trial and error here is a scaled down recipe of mine. This should make 4 good sized doughnuts with a few extra holes. Feel free to double, triple, quadruple the recipe as required.
Bread Flour 184g
Cake Flour 60g
Water 118g
Salt 3g
Fresh Yeast 15g
Sugar 28g
Shortening 28g
Pate Fermentee 30g***
Milk Powder 15g
Whole Egg 15g
Egg Yolk 15g
*** Pate Fermentee - combine 25g bread flour, 1g yeast, 1g salt, 18g water until well mixed. Cover with cling film tightly and leave in warm spot overnight until you are ready to use. For such as small amount as this you can mix it in a coffee mug/cup.
Directions
Add all ingredients into a mixer fitted with a dough hook. Mix for 4 minutes on medium/low speed followed immediately by 4 minutes at maximum. The dough will hopefully be around 24c in temperature.
Cover with cling film and allow to prove for 30-45 minutes. Knock the dough back and roll out to about 1cm thickness and cut to desired shape.
This dough is very very soft. I recommend cutting squares or baking parchment bigger than the doughnuts, to place the freshly shaped dough onto to prove. This will make it easier to to move them to the fryer without "deflating them" once ready.
Heat desired fat to 190c it needs to be this hot to cook and colour the doughnuts quickly and prevent them from becoming greasy. They should cook in around 45-50 seconds per side.
When the oil is hot slide an egg slice under the parchment to carry it, and the doughnut to the fryer. Carefully invert the doughnut onto a "spider" and quickly but carefully lower the dough into the hot fat. Use some tongs to peel the parchment off. The goal is to not get any oil on the top side of the dough until you flip it over.
When both sides are cooked remove from the fat and quickly dab all over with kitchen roll to prevent excess fat being absorbed into the doughnut as it cools.
Finish how you like.
Marvel at what you have created.
Enjoy!!!
