After learning that pyrizhky dough can be deep-fried to make passable beignets, I decided to go a few steps further and make pyrizhky doughnuts.
After making the dough, let rise. Divide into, like, quarters or sixths: yank off a volume of dough that you think you can probably manage to deep-fry in a 20 min period.
Flatten with a rolling pin. Use a cookie-cutter to cut circles (I think this was about 2" diameter). Pull away the scrap dough, add to the bottom of the lump of proofed dough that you haven't cut, you'll get to it eventually.
Loosely cover the circles so they don't dry out, and give them a few minutes to poof up again. (Or be impatient like me!)
In a saucepan, heat about 3" of neutral frying oil (I use sunflower oil). Fry doughnuts in small batches, turning them occasionally to ensure even browning. I use long (Chinese style) bamboo chopsticks for this, sometimes even gently submerging doughnuts who want only to float one way.
Remove cooked doughnuts to paper towel -lined container (I used a giant metal strainer), and allow to cool to room temperature (probably 30 minutes).
Because I own a pastry gun that allows me to inject donuts with filling, I decided to fill my doughnuts with vanilla pudding.
I found that I needed to pre-poke a hole in the doughnuts before trying to fill them, so once again, chopstick to the rescue.
I also learned it's very easy to overfill these tiny nuggets.
It may be tempting to fill them full, but these doughnuts are a little crispy, which means they'll squish down when I bite, and make a mess everywhere. Less is more.
Dust the filled doughnuts with powdered sugar.
Try not to eat them all at once.
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Old Ferry Donut, 3513 W 6th St, Los Angeles (Koreatown), CA 90021
Love the story of OFD…founded in Seoul in 2016, the company claims to be the first “premium donut brand” in South Korea. They specialize in filled donuts that cater to the tastes of Koreans. The first US location opened in Buena Park (Orange County).
The Koreatown location is super cute. It’s in an older building. The bear mascot is featured on the signs and merchandise. The donut box even has bear ears.
As for the donuts, they have a variety – raised, filled, cake. The flavors are interesting – e.g., Earl Grey, Butter Pistachio, Crème Brulee, etc. The price ranges from $2.95 to $4.25 each. They also have coffee (their own roast), flavored milk, and bottled drinks.
Milk cream ball ($3.45): a round brioche donut with milk cream filling. The donut was stuffed with the maximum amount of cream. The donut was tender and while dusted with a bit of sugar, not very sweet. The cream seemed too soft and thin compared to other milk cream. It keep squirting out when I bit into the donut. The cream wasn’t that sweet. Wish the cream were thicker.
White chocolate sesame cake ($3.45): a plain cake donut dipped in white chocolate with black sesame seeds. The cake donut was very basic and not sweet. The sesame topping was nutty and not that sweet. It wasn’t filled.
Strawberry milk drink ($4): it’s made there. It was very sweet and I didn’t see any strawberry bits. I couldn’t finish it and had to throw it away.
Good luck finding parking. There’s a cute seating area.
4 of 5 stars
By Lolia S.
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