Custard Filled Donuts
These Vanilla Custard Filled Donuts are also called Bomboloni. A soft and fluffy doughnut recipe with pastry cream filling on the inside. Their absolutely delicious with a light and fluffy bread and a creamy custard filling on the inside
Doughnuts also know as Donuts are a dessert loved by many and these stuffed one’s are just excellent. We can have a dozen of them and still want more the next day
About these Custard Filled Donuts
Not like the regular donut with a hole in the center. These are known as Italian donuts. Their soft and fluffy and filled with a creamy filling on the inside. Its like a balloon filled with water. When you break open a donut, you have the filling oozing out
Rich in flavor and really soft in texture, their fluffy buns that are fried until golden brown
These buns can be stuffed with any kind of cream or fillings like nutella, chocolate, etc. We will be making our own vanilla custard also known as pastry cream for the filling
Ingredients to make cream filled donuts
Flour
All purpose flour yields soft and fluffy doughnuts. There is no requirement of any fancy flour like bread flour or self-raising flour. Just regular all purpose flour does its job
Sugar
I like to use superfine sugar also known as castor sugar. Do not use thick sugar as it does not melt easily in the dough
Yeast
Any kind of yeast works for this recipe. There is no need to activate the yeast before using as the dough will anyways be kept to proove for a long period of time which will eventually activate the yeast
Egg
Egg is an essential ingredient for the texture and taste. It’s the reason the doughnuts turn fluffy. No skipping it
Milk
Full-fat milk makes the doughnuts tastier. However, you may use any kind of milk of your choice
Butter
Salted butter balances the salt in these doughnuts. However, if you plan to use unsalted butter just add a pinch of salt along
Vanilla essence
Use good quality vanilla essence or extract to make these Custard Filled Donuts. It’s the main flavor of the custard and also covers the whiff of the eggs, so it needs to be good quality and excellent in flavor
How to fry doughnuts ?
These Custard Filled Donuts are light and fluffy. Thus, you got to be careful while picking them and frying it
Step 1
Heat the oil in a vessel on medium flame. Once the oil is hot (not too hot) lower the flame to the lowest and carefully fry the donuts in it
Step 2
Let the doughnuts turn golden brown on one side and only then flip it over (this may take 3 to 4 mins on one side)
Step 3
Do not increase the heat too much. Fry the donuts on low to medium heat. This ensures they cook well even in the center. Once you flip the doughnut continue cooking it until golden brown
Step 4
Remove the doughnuts from the oil and place on some tissue paper to soak in the extra oil. Roll in the sugar when hot itself
Recipe Card – Custard Filled Donuts
Ingredients
For the dough
- 290 grams all purpose flour 2 1/2 cups
- 50 grams fine sugar 1/4 cup
- 1 large egg 55 grams
- 120 ml warm milk 1/2 cup
- 55 grams melted butter, salted 1/2 cup
- 8 grams dry yeast 1 packet
- 700 ml cooking oil 2 1/ 2 cups
For the custard filling
- 600 ml milk 2 1/2 cups
- 200 grams fine sugar 1 cup
- 35 grams cornstarch 5 tablespoons
- 3 eggs, roughly beaten
- 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla essence 7.5 ml
Instructions
For the dough
- In a bowl, add the milk, sugar, yeast, egg and melted butter. Whisk well
- In a big bowl or stand mixer bowl, add the flour and this prepared yeast mixture. Knead all of it well until smooth and non sticky. If doing it by hand, it will take 10 mins of kneading and if doing it in a stand mixer, it may take 6 to 8 mins
- Knead until smooth and super soft
- Place this dough in a bowl greased with cooking oil. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and let it sit for 1 1/2 to 2 hours at room temperature. Meanwhile, make the custard
For the custard
- In a vessel, add the milk, sugar and cornflour. Whisk well until no lumps
- Add the eggs to this mixture and whisk really well
- Place the vessel on the gas on medium heat and whisk continuously until thick and creamy
- When thick, you may increase the heat for a minute whisking continuously. Switch off the gas and remove the custard in a bowl
- Cover the custard with cling wrap on the top to avoid the custard from forming a skin on top. Let it sit at room temperature since its hot, after a while fill this custard in a nozzle bag and set it in the fridge
To make Custard Filled Donuts
- Sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and roll the dough using a rolling pin. Don't roll it too thin or too thick (about 1 1/2 cm in thickness)
- Cut doughnuts using a round cookie cutter. Carefully place these doughnuts on a butter paper. Place a thin cling wrap piece on the top of this tray and let it sit untouched for 40 mins. It should double in size
- Next, in a vessel pour cooking oil for frying. Once hot, on low flame fry the doughnuts until golden brown on both sides. Be gentle while picking the doughnuts to fry
- Remove the doughnuts on a tissue paper and next, roll these in some fine sugar
- Take a long nozzle or stick to make a hole in every doughnut. Move the stick inside the doughnut to create a well for the filling
- Pipe the custard filling inside the doughnuts. The more the filling, the better the doughnut. Serve immediately
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