Ingredients
Serves 6-8100gm rose flavoured Turkish Delights diced into 1 cm pieces
Oil for deep frying
Doughnut Batter:
350g warm water
300g flour
2 tsp sugar
½ tsp salt
15 g dry yeast
Syrup:
200 g honey
1 cinnamon quill
50 ml rosewater
½ vanilla pod
50 g toasted and crushed pine nuts
Method
To make the doughnut batter, add all dry ingredients together. Whisk warm water in the flour mix. Allow to stand in warm place until proved, approximately fifteen minutes.
Carefully place a piece of Turkish delight in your hand and coat it in the doughnut batter
Form a ball and carefully drop it into hot oil (approx. 170˚C). Allow to cook until golden brown. Coat with rosewater honey syrup and enjoy.
To make syrup:
Place all ingredients excluding rosewater and pine nuts in a pot and bring to the boil.
Remove from heat and add rosewater and allow to chill.
Drizzle on the doughnuts. Sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.