Bunyètes

Dessert

For 8 people
Time needed for preparation: 1hr 15mins
Time needed to stand: 3hours

Ingredients

• 1 generous pinch of salt
• 7 eggs
• Zest of 2 raw lemons
• 1 cube of baking yeast
• 50g of butter
• 10cl of orange blossom
• 250g of sugar
• Cooking oil

Preparation

1. Melt the yeast in the melted butter in a glass.
2. Beat the eggs, the orange blossom and the lemon zest together in a bowl.
3. In a container, sieve the flour with the pinch of salt before adding the contents of the glass and the bowl until you end up with a ball of dough.
4. Knead the dough thoroughly on a flour covered work surface.
5. Leave the dough covered in a towel to stand in a warmish and dry spot for 3 hours. (The dough needs to double in volume)
6. Roll out the dough either using a roller or by hand to form disks.
7. Fry them on the 2 sides until they become nicely golden in colour.
8. Sprinkle the bunyètes with sugar as soon as they are ready.