Beignets Sylvana (Filled Brioche Fritters)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Small round brioches
- Thin cream
- Salpicon of fruits with kirsch
- Thin frying batter (pâte à frire claire)
- Icing sugar (glace de sucre)
- Fat for deep frying
Instructions
- Hollow out the small round brioches, keeping the top crust of each to serve as a lid.
- Dip them lightly in thin cream, sweetened and flavoured.
- Garnish them with a salpicon of fruits with kirsch and replace the reserved lids.
- Dip them in a thin frying batter and treat them in deep hot fat.
- Drain on a napkin and dust with icing sugar.