Greek · Dessert

Loukoumades

Name: Loukoumades
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 480 ml warm water, about 38 C, comfortably warm to the touch; 1½ tbsp active dry yeast; 2 tsp sugar; 500 g all-purpose flour, about 4 cups; up to 1 cup more if the batter seems loose; ½ tsp salt; 2 tbsp ouzo; vegetable oil, for deep frying, about 10 to 12 cm deep in a wide heavy pot, to taste; Greek pine honey, for drizzling, to taste; ground cinnamon, to taste; sesame seeds, to taste; chocolate-hazelnut spread or chocolate syrup, to taste; walnuts, chopped, to taste

Airy yeasted dough puffs, spooned into hot oil until crackling gold outside and hollow within, then dressed with pine honey and cinnamon. Athens's best-loved street sweet, with ouzo in the batter for extra lift.

YieldServes 6 to 8
Hands-on50 min
Total1 h 35 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Batter

480 mlwarm water, about 38 C, comfortably warm to the touch
1½ tbspactive dry yeast
2 tspsugar
500 gall-purpose flour, about 4 cups; up to 1 cup more if the batter seems loose
½ tspsalt
2 tbspouzo

Frying

to tastevegetable oil, for deep frying, about 10 to 12 cm deep in a wide heavy pot

Toppings

to tasteGreek pine honey, for drizzlingoptional
to tasteground cinnamonoptional
to tastesesame seedsoptional
to tastechocolate-hazelnut spread or chocolate syrupoptional
to tastewalnuts, choppedoptional

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Tree nuts
Walnut
Pistachio
Hazelnut
Soy
Sesame
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Fennel
Cilantro / coriander
Cinnamon
Cardamom
Star anise
Anise (aniseed)
Yeast
Honey
Lecithin (any source)
Gums and thickeners
Caffeine and theobromine
Alcohol
Mastic (mastiha)
Cacao and cocoa

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp

Equipment

Stovetop
Probe thermometer

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: low
Fiber: low
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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