Berlin Balls Recipe

 Berlin Balls Recipe

Ingredients

Oil

Sugar

Dough:

25g fresh baker's yeast

100ml warm water

500g plain wheat flour

100g butter

6 eggs

100g sugar

Filling:

2 tablespoons cornstarch

250ml milk

1 lemon peel

1 vanilla pod

300g sugar

3 egg yolks

Preparation

1. Dough: Start by diluting 25g fresh baker's yeast in 100ml warm water.

2. In a bowl, place 500g plain wheat flour, 100g butter, the diluted yeast and 6 whole eggs. If you want, add 100g sugar. Stir and let it rest in a dry, warm place. If you prefer, preheat the oven, turn it off and let it rest inside.

3. Once the dough has risen, divide it into several pieces. Sprinkle a surface with flour and shape the dough into small balls. Place on a baking tray and leave to rise a little more in the oven at a temperature of 50ºC.

4. Filling: In a bowl, place 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of milk, 250ml. Dissolve and set aside.

5. In a saucepan, flavor the remaining milk with 1 lemon peel and a little pulp from 1 vanilla pod. Strain this milk into a glass and, in the same saucepan, add 300g of sugar, again the flavored milk, 3 beaten egg yolks and the cornstarch dissolved previously. Stir until thickened.

6. Place the risen balls in a saucepan with hot oil. Fry and then, once they have cooled a little, coat them in sugar. Make a hole and fill with the cream.