Papanași (Romanian Donuts with Sweet Cheese and Sour Cream) 🍩

Name: Papanași (Romanian Donuts with Sweet Cheese and Sour Cream)
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2-4 servings
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 500 g fresh farmer's cheese (teleneaua/urdă) or quark, well drained; 2 eggs; 80 g sugar; 250 g flour + 50 g for dusting; 1 tsp baking powder, pinch salt; Oil for deep frying; Topping: 200 g sweet cheese (urdă) or ricotta, 200 ml smântână (or Greek yogurt + cream), 150 g cherry or blueberry jam

The national dessert of Romania: a dense, mildly sweet donut of fresh cow's cheese and flour, fried golden, crowned with a tiny ball on top, and buried under a blanket of sweet urdă cheese, sour cream and cherry or blueberry jam. Diners argue whether it is dessert or main course; the answer, in Moldova, is both.

Wallachia Romanian ⏱ 45 min Intermédiaire

Méthode

1

Mash the drained cheese with eggs and sugar until creamy; work in flour, baking powder and salt to a soft, slightly tacky dough that leaves the bowl.
2

Roll into ropes and cut donuts (rings or discs), with a small ball per donut for the traditional 'hat'; flour hands between cuts.
3

Let them rest 10 minutes so the baking powder wakes.
4

Fry at 170°C, two or three at a time, turning once, until deep gold all over; drain on a rack not paper (paper steams the crust).
5

Plate one donut per guest with its hat ball beside; heap sweet cheese over, flood around with smântână and finish the pile with jam running down to the plate's edge.
6

Serve immediately, with forks and a strong coffee to cut the richness.

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