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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...].

76 K 4.1/5 (21 reviews)

45 min.

Easy

1.10 €

200 fritters

2 Ingredients

Last modified on: June 18^th 2014

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For 200 fritters, you will need:

1 800 g choux pastry (pâte à choux)
2 4 tablespoons caster sugar
Total weight: 860 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 40 min.

Cooking: 5 min.

All in all: 45 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 800 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.

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.

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.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	220 RDI=80 %	1,020 RDI=100 %	760 RDI=120 %	2,390 RDI=120 %	10,020 RDI: 120 %
Per 100 g	30 RDI=10 %	120 RDI=10 %	90 RDI=10 %	280 RDI=10 %	1,170 RDI: 10 %
Per fritters	1 RDI=0 %	5 RDI=0 %	3 RDI=1 %	10 RDI=1 %	50 RDI: 1 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, egg

How much will it cost?

For 200 fritters : 2.15 €
Per fritters : 0.05 €

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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: Chouquettes, Profiteroles, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Gougères, Valay-Brest, ... See them all 8

Caster sugar

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