Rose-shaped donut with ricotta
A donut that is uniquely easy to make, simple and very versatile to taste with maple syrup or various jams such as home-made blueberry jam. Ideal to eat for breakfast, as a snack or simply as a dessert!
Ingredients:
-150g(5.29 oz) of flour
-150g (5.29 oz)of potato starch
-300g(10.58 oz) of sugar
-300g(10.58 oz) of ricotta
-3 eggs
-1 sachet of baking powder
– as much anise as needed
-vanilla powdered sugar to cover at the end
Preparation:
1) First of all, separate the yellow from the white of the eggs.
2) Whip the egg whites until foamy and set them aside.
3) Whip the yolks with the sugar, then add the ricotta.
4) Place the flour, potato starch and yeast in a bowl and mix them all together. You can also use just flour, but potato starch makes the donut softer.
5) Place the flour, baking powder and the potato starch into the mixture with the egg yolks a little at a time and mix.
6) Finally add the egg white foam and mix gently. If the mixture is a little thick, add a little anise, which should be added in any case but change the quantity depending on how intense you want the flavor of the anise to be (if sometimes you can also use other essences… such as vanilla).
7) Take a donut mold, this time I chose the rose-shaped one :-).
8) Fill the mold with all the mixture.
9) Bake at 180°C(356°F) for 30 minutes.
10) Remove from the mold and turn the donut over.
11) When it has cooled, sprinkle some vanilla powdered sugar on top.
Buon Appetito!!