Papanași

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

• 500 g Curd cheese, well drained
• 2 piece Eggs
• 250 g Flour
• 50 g Semolina
• 60 g Sugar
• 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
• 1 piece Lemon zest
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 300 ml Thick soured cream
• 250 g Blackcurrant jam
• 1 l Oil for frying
• 1 pinch Salt

Method

1. Wring the curd in muslin and push it through a sieve to remove any grain.
2. Mix the curd with the eggs, sugar, zest, vanilla, bicarbonate and salt.
3. Work in the semolina and flour a little at a time, until the dough is soft but stops sticking.
4. Rest the dough twenty minutes; the semolina swells and shaping becomes easier.
5. Shape six ten-centimetre rings and six balls the size of a walnut.
6. Fry at 165 °C for three minutes a side, to a golden colour.
7. Set a ring on a plate, spoon over the soured cream and jam, and crown it with a ball.