I got a couple of recipe books for christmas and in the Rachel Allen I found a simple recipe for ballymaloe balloons which are like deepfried doughnut drops and my gosh my family was saying why havent you made these before mum lol with a bit of cinnamon sugar I found them a quick and easy desert to try here is the recipe if you want to try them.
140g (scant 5oz) plain flour 2-4 tsp caster sugar, plus 25g (1oz) for tossing the balloons Pinch of salt 1 level tsp baking powder 200ml (7fl oz) milk
1 Heat a deep fat fryer to 190C Place the dry ingredients in a bowl and whisk to mix. Add the milk gradually, whisking all the time until you have a thick batter.
2 When the oil is hot in the deep fat fryer, take a dessertspoonful of the mixture and push it off gently using another spoon, so that it drops in a round ball into the oil. Repeat with the remaining batter to make about 12 balloons. Fry until deep golden, about 4-5 minutes, turning over halfway through cooking. Remove, drain on kitchen paper and toss in caster sugar (I sometimes add some ground cinnamon to the sugar), and serve warm.
I thought the mix was to thick but it worked
cookessentials,
Jan 12, 7:34am
Mmm, they sound interesting rainbowpride. i love the name of them, they sound Irish.
kabbo,
Jan 12, 5:19pm
my dad used to make these when we were kids. we used to call them "puff dalloons".
think their real name was "puffed balloons" lol. but that's how we translated it at the time.
and yes they are very yummy.
cookessentials,
Jan 12, 7:37pm
pufftaloons maybe?
viking,
Jul 19, 9:07pm
My memory of PUFFED DALLOONS goes back to my days in boarding school, 1946/7. Our cook was of Australian birth so I have no idea of the origin of her recipe. The recipe was similar to that one above with the exception that yeast was employed in place of baking powder.
My knowledge of these things was because of my dislike of turnips, even the smell of them made me gag and so I regularly had to wash the dishes and pans for the thirty students, the penalty for not finishing your meal. I am sure the cook preyed on my weakness. I also was required to help out any time the cook needed help. I still cannot stand the smell of turnips.
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