Doughnuts with Matcha

It’s the Mardi Gras season so why not try something new with doughnuts. You absolutely should, because with doughnuts as pretty and delicious as these, everyone will be impressed when you serve them this feast! A chewy doughnut enriched with matcha, the finely powdered Japanese tea obtained by grinding the youngest, most tender tea leaves (Tencha)… I bet you can already imagine yourself tucking in? Try this recipe without a moment’s delay!

Makes 12 large or 24 small doughnuts. Preparation time: about 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• 3 teaspoons of Matcha Cooking
• 150 g of spelt flour type 603
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon of bicarbonate de sodium
• 1 pinch of salt
• 60 g of sugar
• 2 tablespoons of oil
• 1 egg
• 125 ml of buttermilk
• 1 vanilla pod

For the decoration:

• 100 g white or dark cooking chocolate
• 2 tablespoons of hundreds and thousands to taste
• 25 g of chopped pistachios

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Grease a doughnut tin
2. In a bowl, mix the matcha, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and sugar
3. In a measuring jug, beat the butter, egg, buttermilk and the inside of the vanilla pod
4. Add the buttermilk mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together until you have a smooth mixture
5. Divide the mixture in the doughnut tin with the help of two teaspoons
6. You can also put the mixture into an icing bag or freezer bag, cut the corner off the bag and pipe the mixture
7. Cook the doughnuts for 8 to 10 minutes in the oven
8. Take the doughnuts out of the oven and allow them to cool completely
9. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over boiling water
10. Dip one side of each doughnut in the melted chocolate and decorate with pieces of pistachio and hundreds and thousandsPréchauffez le four à 180 °C. Beurrez et farinez un moule à beignet.

The doughnuts will keep for about two days in a tin.

Which tea to choose to drink with?

You could try Hojicha, a green tea which is a blend of lightly roasted leaves and twigs, to keep in the Japanese mood (right) or a Honey Rooibos, a natural blend of sunny rooibos and honeybush, with its delicious honey flavours. It’s up to you, what’s more, the Honey Rooibos is available both in loose and teabags (left)!Which tea should you drink with them?

Bon appétit! 🙂