Morocco

Sfenj

Name: Sfenj
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Moroccan
Ingredients: 4 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 tsp instant dry yeast; 1 tsp in the dough the rest to sprinkle sugar; 1 1/2 tsp salt; Water, about 1 1/2 cups, lukewarm; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for deep frying (about 90 ml absorbed)

Airy yeast doughnut rings fried to order, crisp and chewy. Morocco's breakfast street treat.

40 minTime

9 gProtein each

mildSpice

2hPlan ahead. Soak for 2 hours first; the 40 minutes come after.

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Grandma's wayFlour, water, yeast and salt, fried into rings.

The original

466kcalsame

9 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

40minutessame

Classic sfenj.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)4 cups

Instant dry yeast2 tsp

Sugar1 tsp in the dough, the rest to sprinkle

Salt1½ tsp

Waterabout 1 1/2 cups, lukewarm

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for deep frying (about 90 ml absorbed)

Method

4 steps

1Mix flour, yeast, a pinch of sugar and salt. Add warm water and beat with your hand for 5 minutes into a very sticky, stretchy dough.
2Cover and rise in a warm place until doubled and bubbly, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
3With wet hands, pinch off a ball, poke a hole through and stretch into a ring. Drop straight into oil at 180 C.
4Fry, turning, until golden and crisp. Drain and sprinkle with sugar or dip in honey.

Serve it like this

Serve piping hot, stacked or threaded on a skewer, sprinkled with sugar. Mint tea is mandatory.

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