Buñuelos (cheese beignets)

Name: Buñuelos (cheese beignets)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: en
Ingredients: 2 cups fine grated cheese (canadian feta works perfectly); 1/3 cup cassava starch; 1/4 cup corn starch or maizena; 1 tablespoon sugar; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 large egg; enough vegetable oil to deep fry

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5 servings

15 min

Very Easy

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Ingredients

Number of serving: 5

2 cups fine grated cheese (canadian feta works perfectly)

1/3 cup cassava starch

1/4 cup corn starch or maizena

1 tablespoon sugar

3/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 large egg

enough vegetable oil to deep fry

Preparation

Place the cheese in a bowl and mix in all the dry ingredients.
Add the egg and with you hands incorporate without making too much pressure. Add milk is you need to soften the dough.
Form tablespoonful balls with you hands and set aside on a plate.
Heat the oil to 325 F. Once the oil reach the temperature pour the balls into the oil leaving enough space for them to rise.
They will float within 30 seconds once they float decrease temperature to 300 F and fry until brown.
Buñuelos do not need to be turned while frying, they will turn on their own.
Drain over paper towel and serve hot.