Beignets Soufflés (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas) - Family de Freitas

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Beignets Soufflés (Maria Teresa Faria de Freitas)
2 oz butter
½ pint water
3 eggs

1 dsp sugar
5 oz flour
½ tsp vanilla essence

  1. Dry the flour in a warm oven then pass it through a hair sieve.
  2. Put butter and water into a saucepan and bring to boiling point.
  3. Shake in all the flour and stir quickly until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
  4. Remove from fire and add sugar and essence.
  5. Cool and then beat in the eggs one by one until the mixture is smooth.
  6. Have ready a pan of clean fat which is just beginning to smoke – drop the mixture into it from a dessertspoon.
  7. Fry rather slowly till a golden brown and feeling very light.
  8. Strain on paper and drench with icing sugar.
  9. Hand separate by wine, jam or chocolate sauce.

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