OLE BOLE (DUTCH DONUTS - XMAS/NEW YEAR)

Ingredients:

1 litre milk
2-3 eggs
1/2 teas salt
1/4 - 1/2 cup sugar

Beat together.

Add 1 teas vanilla sugar and cinnamon.
Add 7 cups SR flour approximately, and gradually to make a thick batter.
Add packet of currants, mixed fruit or whatever you choose. (Dice apple if you like)
Let sit for a couple of hours.
When ready to use, thin it down with 1/4 - 1/2 cup of beer, ginger beer or lemonade.
Scrape batter off spoon into hot oil (not too hot tho).
The Ole Bole roll over in the hot oil when they are cooked on one side.
Break one open to see if cooked inside.

Dip in icing sugar to eat.

Left over batter can be used to dip apple or pineapple rings in, then fry.

OLE BOLE RECIPE 2 (by Betty M)

Ingredients:

500g SR flour
125g sultanas and raisins or apple
25g yeast
40ml milk
1 egg
salt to taste
oil
icing sugar

Method:

Wash sultanas and raisins, then dry in a towel or flour.
Add yeast to some of the milk.
Break egg into flour, then the yeast.
Stir then add the rest of the milk.
Add sultanas and salt.
Let rise 1 hr with towel over in the sun.
Fry spoonfuls in hot oil.
Serve dusted with icing sugar.

ALMOND TARTS

Ingredients:

Dough :

2 cups SR flour
1 cup plain flour
250g butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs

Mix together.

Filling:

500g almond meal
500g sugar
pkt vanilla sugar
3 eggs (if too dry add 1 more)
cap of almond essence (to taste)
1 bottle 'OETKER' bitter almond flavour
fresh lemon rind or cap of lemon juice

Mix together.

Directions:

Take a small ball of dough and press into patty cake tins.
Push in a spoonful of almond filling.
Cover the top with some more dough.
You can glaze with milk and dust with cinnamon sugar if you wish.

Bake in a mod oven for 20-30 mins.

A Dutch recipe usually made on special occasions or Christmas

ALMOND FILLING

Ingredients:

500g almond meal
500g sugar
pkt vanilla sugar
3 eggs (if too dry add 1 more)
cap of almond essence (to taste)
1 bottle of 'Oetker' bitter Almond flavour
fresh lemon rind or cap of lemon juice

Mix together.


(Use Dutch Apple Cake Recipe to line patty cakes and put a spoonful of almond filling in. Cover and cook in a mod oven for 20 mins)