The True Story Of Donuts

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The donut is a dough product with a slightly flattened, round shape, kneaded in the palm of the hand and fried in deep fat until dark golden. Traditionally, the donut is filled with jam or marmalade before frying. On September 14 we celebrate the day of the Donuts with cream.

However, it is increasingly common for donuts to be stuffed only after they have been fried - assorted marmalade or rose jam, liqueur cream, starch cream, chocolate and even cottage cheese are usually used. The finished donut is usually glazed or generously sprinkled with powdered sugar, it can also be smeared with orange peel jam or generously drizzled with chocolate.

The ideal field donut is fluffy and at the same time slightly concave with a perfect round shape, bronze at the top and bottom, and the light part in between guarantees that the dough is fried in fresh fat.

The energy value of a 60 g donut is about 244 kcal, ie 406 kcal per 100 g. In fact, the caloric content of the donut will to some extent depend on the amount of fat absorbed by the dough (the ratio of calories fat: carbohydrates per unit mass is 9: 4).

Here's a little story about the donuts. They were known in ancient Rome, where they were consumed during the celebration of the end of winter and the onset of spring. Initially, donuts were not prepared in the sweet version we know today. The sweet donut is most likely borrowed from Arabic cuisine. Initially, in Polish cuisine, donuts were in the form of dough stuffed with bacon, consumed mostly during carnivals.

Donuts in their sweet form appeared in Poland in the 16th century. The round shape dates back to the 18th century, when yeast and yeast began to be used for baking, thanks to which the dough became very fluffy.

This is one of the most traditional Polish pasta desserts, as evidenced even by Nicholas Ray in his work The Life of an Honest Man.

Jendzej Kitovich recalls what the dishes served looked like during the reign of Augustus III:

French pastries, cakes, pies, cookies and others, and even donuts - which were considered the highest art. With the one-time donut, your eye could be bruised, while today's donut is so fluffy, soft, light that holding it in your hand, it returns to its original state, and the wind would blow it off the plate.

It is accepted that whoever does not eat a donut during the fat Thursday, will not succeed. Fat Thursday - this is the last Thursday before Lent. From this day begins the last week of the carnival. In Poland, as in the Catholic parts of Germany, gluttony is allowed on this day.

Statistically, on this day every Pole eats 2-5 donuts, and all Poles together eat almost 100 million donuts. In the past, some of the finished donuts were stuffed with almonds or walnuts. It was believed that whoever came across one would have happiness in his life.

Where they call donuts

In льląsk (Poland), donuts are known as fasten. This name is quite old. According to the Schlon Chronicle published in Frankfurt and Leipzig in 1714, the word krepel existed in both the colloquial and artistic speech in the separate Schlon language.

In German, there is not a single name for this confectionery product, but the word Pfannkuchen can mean both a donut and a pancake.

Donuts in other countries differ from those in Poland. The difference stems from the use of special flour and a slightly different way of frying in fat. For example, they are fried on both sides for only a few seconds - this way the fat does not seep. They are prepared by the same technology Berliner Pfannkuchen - not so greasy German donuts.

Known in Portugal as Bolas de Berlimand in France - Boule de Berlin, in Finland - Berlin Monk.

Russian donuts are closest to Polish ones. In Israel we have - sufgania, which are very close to the German version. The Hungarians farsangi fánk are without filling and are served separately.

In American culture, donuts are known as donuts and have the shape of a belt. In Britain, donuts are close to Polish ones.

Whatever we say, the donuts they are rightly a real pleasure not only for gourmands, but also for people who want to break the rules of healthy eating from time to time, because we will not be mistaken - they are fatty, but they are so delicious.