Soured cream doughnuts

Very nice doughnuts

ingredients

440g strong plain flour
1tsp salt
pinch of ground nutmeg
1tbsp baking powder
2 medium eggs 100g in all
250g caster sugar
200g soured cream
3tbsp full-fat milk
45g unsalted butter, melted
1tbsp orange marmalade, sieved
2tsp of grate orange zest
groundnut oil for deep frying
icing sugar for dusting

How to make it

Sift together the flour the salt nutmeg and baking powder twice.Then sift onto a sheet of greaseproof paper.

Whisk the eggs in a large bowl.Whisk the sugar, a tbsp at a time until pale thick and creamy. Stir in the soured cream,milk, butter, marmalade, and orange zest Blend together well.

Carefully fold in spoonfuls of the flour mixture with a large spatula until just combined. With lightly floured hands shape the mixture into a ball cover with a cloth and leave it to cool for 20 min

Roll out the dough to a 5cm 2in thickness. Using a 6cm and 1.5cm pastry cutter, cut out large circles, then stamp out the centres. Gather up the scraps knead together roll out and cut as before.

In a deep heat the oil 180C 320 F use a draining spoon to gently lay 2-3  doughnuts at a time in the hot oil . The must  not touch each other Fry for 1 min on each side until golden brow. lift out using to skewers. drain on kitchen paper.