Pets de nonne
These small fritters are like mini doughnuts: they're simply made with choux pastry dough, then tossed in a little sugar.
[Translator's note: their amusing French name literally means "nun's farts". So, maybe we'll leave it French...].
[Translator's note: their amusing French name literally means "nun's farts". So, maybe we'll leave it French...].
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Last modified on: June 18th 2014
Keywords for this recipe:For 100 fritters, you will need:
- 1
400 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux) - 2
2 tablespoons caster sugar - Total weight: 430 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 40 min. | 5 min. | 45 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 30 min.
Prepare 400 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux).
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Transfer the dough to a forcing bag. If you don't have one, use a plastic bag and cut off one corner.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Heat the oil 320°F (160°C).
Press on the forcing bag and squeeze out the dough to the size of a walnut, then cut this off with a knife.
Press on the forcing bag and squeeze out the dough to the size of a walnut, then cut this off with a knife.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
When the dough falls into the hot oil it will sink to the bottom at first, then rise back up to the top.
Stage 5
Turn the pets de nonne so that they brown evenly.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Remove them from the oil with a skimmer and place on absorbant paper.
Sprinkle a little sugar on top and they're ready.
Sprinkle a little sugar on top and they're ready.
Remarks
It its important to keep the oil temperature relatively low. If it is too hot, the outside browns rapidly, leaving the inside uncooked.
Keeping
A few hours.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 412 Kcal or 1,725 Kj | 28 gr | 158 gr | 104 gr |
| 21 % | 11 % | 15 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 96 Kcal or 402 Kj | 7 gr | 37 gr | 24 gr |
| 5 % | 3 % | 3 % | 4 % |
| Per fritters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 4 Kcal or 17 Kj | < 1 gr | 2 gr | 1 gr |
| 0 % | <1 % | <1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 100 fritters : 1.06 €
- Per fritters : 0.01 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Choux pastry (pâte à choux): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Profiteroles, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Valay-Brest, Gougères, Puits d'amour, ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, Peach and verbena feuilleté, Oatmeal cake, Crème brulée, Santiago Cake, ... All |
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