Festivals

Name: Festivals
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 125 grams plain / all purpose flour; 175 grams cornmeal/polenta (yellow); 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tbsp granulated sugar; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp vanilla extract; oil to deep fry

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Another recipe from a friend, then tweaked!

Panda.s @cook_3715208

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

Another recipe from a friend, then tweaked!

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Ingredients

30 mins

8 servings

125 gramsplain / all purpose flour
175 gramscornmeal/polenta (yellow)
2 tspbaking powder
1 tbspgranulated sugar
1/2 tspsalt
1/4 tspvanilla extract
oil to deep fry

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Steps

30 mins

1

Mix all dry ingredients together
2

Add vanilla and sufficient cold water to make firm dough
3

Knead and divide into 8 pieces
4

Form each piece into an elongated barrel/ sausage shape using your hands
5

Heat oil in deep pan / wok to approximately 190C
6

Fry festivals 4 at a time until golden brown (about 5-6 minutes)
7

Drain and place on kitchen paper to soak up oil
8

Serve. Goes well with jerk chicken or any Carribean dish
9

You can use demerara sugar instead of white. Cornmeal can be fine,medium or coarse, just alters the "mouthfeel"

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Panda.s @cook_3715208

on November 07, 2014 16:59

London/ Essex Border. U.K.

When I left school I trained as a chef,worked in 5*London hotel for a few years.Drifted into transport planning,retired, do most of the cooking at home.Now have more time to play (experiment) in the kitchen, like to add my own twist to recipes ( my wife calls it 'tampering'!) bake bread and make / decorate novelty cakes for family and close friends.Two daughters and three grandchildren. Celebrated Ruby wedding anniversary with wife Pam 2014.