Snacks & baking
Boortsog (baursak)
Small round golden fritters, puffed and hollow, served with tea and Kazakh dishes. They are crisp outside and soft inside, and are enjoyed at breakfast as well as at the end of a meal.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Pâte
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
1,223 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 40.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 178.6 g
- of which sugars
- 12.8 g
- Fat
- 35.1 g
- Fiber
- 9.4 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the warm water, milk, sugar and yeast, then leave to rest for 5 minutes.
- Add the egg, melted butter and salt, then gradually incorporate the flour.
- Knead for 5 to 8 minutes until you have a soft, non-sticky dough.
- Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled in size.
- Knock back the dough, then cut it into pieces the size of a walnut and roll them into balls.
- Flatten each ball slightly in the centre by hand, without piercing it.
- Let the boortsogs rest for 15 minutes on a floured surface.
- Heat the oil to 170 °C and lower them in small batches, turning until golden, about 3 minutes per side. Drain on kitchen paper.
Variations and tips
Sweet version. Dust the warm boortsogs with icing sugar or serve them with honey.
Using what you have here. If you have no fresh yeast, dried yeast works perfectly well in this recipe.
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Original Ecomely recipe.