Quick and Very Good Berlin Ball Recipe

Ingredients

• For the dough
• 250 g of flour
• 60 g of water
• 50g of milk
• 50 g of butter
• 25g of sugar
• 1 whole egg + 1 yolk
• 1.5 teaspoons dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• Pastry cream (rich)
• 25g of butter
• For frying
• 1 liter of neutral oil
• Sugar to sprinkle the Berlin balls

Preparation

1. Melt the butter in lukewarm milk, rehydrate the yeast in the water for 5 minutes…
2. Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, then knead…
3. 10 minutes in hand at least, or use a food processor… Let rise for 45 minutes covered with a cloth, then cover with cling film and put in the fridge all night… (If you don’t want to wait for this moment, you You can skip the fridge step and just let it rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour or 2…
4. The next day, take the dough from the fridge, let it rest for 15 minutes at room temperature, then roll it out to 1.5 cm thick…
5. Then, cut out discs 7 cm in diameter, and place them on a floured surface. Cover them with a clean, floured cloth and let rise for 1 hour.
6. For the pastry cream:  While the discs of dough are resting, prepare the pastry cream…
7. Add the butter to the still hot pastry cream, mix until it is completely melted and absorbed…
8. Place the cream in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap, leave to cool in the fridge…
9. For frying:  Heat the oil to around 160°C.
10. Immerse a maximum of 2 or 3 pieces of dough in the oil, and turn frequently. They will be cooked after 5 minutes.
11. When you’re done, place them on paper towel, then sprinkle them with sugar (or a mixture of sugar and cinnamon)…
12. Leave to cool… At room temperature, open them with a knife or scissors. Put the cream in a piping bag and fill the Berlin donuts with ..