Loukoumadakia (little fried dough puffs) with vanilla ice cream, honey sauce & cinnamon

INGREDIENTS serves 4

  • 80g flour
  • 300ml lukewarm water
  • 12g fresh yeast
  • 4g salt
  • 4g sugar
  • 320g vanilla ice cream
  • 200g honey
  • Strips of orange & lemon peel
  • Chopped walnuts
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Olive oil for frying

DIRECTIONS
Whisk together the water, salt, sugar and yeast. Add the flour and whisk until batter is smooth. Cover and set aside to rise for about 30 minutes. Heat oil, add small spoonfuls of batter and fry till golden. Warm the honey with the citrus peel, strain and pour over the ‘loukoumadakia’.

TO SERVE 

Serve with vanilla ice cream, chopped walnuts and freshly grated cinnamon.