Italian · Dessert
Cream-Filled Bomboloni, Lightened
A lightened take on the Italian fried bombolone, built with a lean yeasted dough and filled not with pastry cream but with a strained greek yogurt and cocoa cream folded through with fresh raspberries. The frying stays authentic and brief, the filling is where the calories are won back, landing each donut well under the usual cream-filled weight in sugar and fat while keeping the crisp-shell, soft-crumb, molten-centre bite the dish is known for.
$1
30 minsPrep
8 minsCook
118 minsTotal
MediumLevel
Nutrition per serving
212Calories
6.1gProtein
9.8gFat
25.5gCarbs
6.2gSugar
2.3gFiber
120mgSodium
25mgChol
1.6gSat Fat
135mgPotassium
50mgCalcium
1.4mgIron
0.2mcgVitamin B12
3.3mgVitamin C
0gPolyol
0gAllulose
0.3gAlcohol
Goes well with
Prosecco
local
Espresso
international
vegetarian
sweet-spot
Instructions
1
Warm the skim milk to blood temperature and stir in the yeast; leave 5 minutes until foamy.
2
In a bowl combine flour, sugar and salt, then mix in the beaten egg and the yeasted milk to form a soft, slightly sticky dough; knead 6-8 minutes until smooth and elastic.
3
Cover and prove in a warm spot for about 60 minutes, until roughly doubled.
4
Knock back gently, divide into 2 equal pieces and shape into tight balls; rest covered for 20 minutes.
5
Heat the vegetable oil in a deep, heavy pan to 170C using the thermometer.
6
Fry the dough balls for about 90 seconds per side, turning once, until deep golden all over; lift onto a wire rack lined with paper to drain.
7
While the donuts cool, whisk the cocoa powder and cornstarch into the chilled strained greek yogurt with the monk fruit extract and vanilla extract until smooth and lump-free.
8
Fold half the halved raspberries through the chocolate yogurt cream, keeping the rest back for garnish.
9
Once the donuts are fully cool, use a skewer to open a cavity in the side of each and pipe in the cocoa-raspberry cream using the piping bag.
10
Press the reserved raspberry halves into the filled opening of each donut and serve immediately.
Serves
2 portions ·
2 adults, 0 over 10, 0 under 10
Ingredients
- 1.4 oz40g all purpose flour
- 0.1 oz1.5g yeast dried
- 0.8 oz22g warmed skim milk
- 1/41/4 eggs, beaten (12g)
- 0.3 oz8g sugar white
- 0 oz0.5g salt
- 8.8 oz250g for frying vegetable oil
- 1.6 oz45g strained, chilled greek yogurt
- 0.1 oz4g cornstarch
- 0.1 oz1.5g vanilla extract
- 0.1 oz4g cocoa powder
- 0.8 oz24g halved raspberry
- 0 oz0.6g monk fruit extract
