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Buttermilk Beignets - How to Fry

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Hi, I am David Guas with Damgoodsweet Consulting Group here in the Washington DC area. Were talking about Beignets today. Weve already portioned our beignets and directly from our work surface, were going to go ahead and just go right to our hot peanut oil, which has already been set up at 350 degrees. You can tell, its very difficult sometimes to regulate your temperature. So make sure that you get it on early enough right after your beignets are proofing. So stepping back slightly, were going to just slowly lower these beignets into the hot oil, keeping an eye on the temperature. What happens is, generally you have a tendency with the beignets, especially if theyre cold, your oil temperature may drop. So, you want to make sure that as youre adding your beignets, that youre not losing temperature at the same time. Its important to have these beignets fry at 350, anything less than that, it will start to absorb oil and become greasy.

Now, each side takes about a minute or so. But you dont have to completely submerge them, just like a donut. You can fry them on one side then flip them. We have our drain station set up ready to go. And thats how we fry these beignets, giving them a few minutes to cool off prior to plating them.

Expert: David Guas

Email: damgoodsweet@aol.com

In September 2007, Pastry Chef David Guas exchanges his longtime corporate role for an entrepreneurial path that includes private consultation, boutique catering, cookbook authoring, and, eventually, his own retail bakery. Damgoodsweet Consulting Group, LLC, the irreverent name he has given his company, is the perfect description for all of his work. In the beginning, however, odds were against the native New More »