Donut Holes with Cottage Cheese

Half of a donut on top of other partially-visible donuts on a white plate.

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Fried Donut Holes with Cottage Cheese, a rich and decadent dessert that has roots in the Eastern European cuisine. These cottage cheese donuts have a golden brown crust on the outside, and are light and perfectly soft on the inside. Incredibly easy to make with a handful of ingredients, the donuts can be served with sour cream, jam, melted chocolate or just with powered sugar.

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Resting Time20

Total Time1

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Eastern European

Servings: donut holes

Calories: 129kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

1 ¼ cup plain flour
1 cup cottage cheese
½ cup sugar
1 egg
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
zest from one lemon
3 cup oil to fry

Instructions

Crack the egg in a large mixing bowl, and use a fork to beat it well.
Add the cottage cheese, lemon zest and mix well.
Sift in the flour, add the bicarb of soda, and bring everything together into a dough that is slightly sticky to the hands.
Set it aside to rest for 20 minutes.
Heat up oil in a large pot over a medium heat.,
Use your hands to shape balls out of the dough - if they are slightly too sticky, add more flour to the dought.
Fry on both sides until golden brown.
Transfer them onto a large plate lined with kitchen paper to absorbed the excess oil.

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Notes

If the dough is too sticky and can't be shaped into balls, add more flour, as the cottage cheese and the egg will dictate the amount of flour needed. Some brands of cottage cheese have quite a bit of liquid in, so, if you can, try to drain some.
Do not increase the heat, otherwise the donuts will look perfectly crispy and cooked on the outside, but the inside will still be raw. Make sure you turn them onto the other side, so they can fry evenly.

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