King Cake Beignets

Award-winning chef and owner of House of Gristle Jametta Raspberry shares her King Cake Beignets recipe. Jametta will be taking over Meritage en Nuit in St. Paul for a Mardi Gras cabaret and dining experience on Tuesday, February 21st. To make a reservation, click here.

Ingredients:

• 2.25 ounces of yeast
• 1 quart of water 90-100 degrees
• 6 ounce egg yolks
• 6 ounce non fat dry milk
• 6 ounce of sugar
• .75 ounce baking powder
• .75 ounce baking soda
• .75 ounce salt
• .75 nutmeg
• 3 quarts of flour
• Melt 9 ounces of butter

Directions:

• Mix yeast and water until yeast blooms
• Mix egg yolks with sifted ingredients and fold in butter
• Roll dough out and cut into squares, proof until it doubles in size
• Fry in oil
• Dust with powdered sugar or glaze and sprinkles