# Krapfen (Italian Doughnuts)

Recipe by [Luca Martelli](https://fridge.menu/en/u/lucamartelli)

Soft, airy fried doughnuts filled with Nutella, jam or pastry cream — a beloved sweet treat.

Servings: 4 · Cook 60 min · Desserts

Vegetarian · Contains: gluten, milk, nuts, eggs

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## Ingredients

- 250 g strong white flour
- 2 pcs eggs
- 80 g milk — warm
- 25 g caster sugar
- 10 g yeast
- 50 g butter
- 1 pcs lemon zest
- 1 pinch salt
- peanut oil — or corn oil, to taste, for frying
- Nutella — to taste
- jam — to taste
- pastry cream — to taste
- icing sugar — for dusting

## Steps

1. Knead the strong white flour with the caster sugar and lemon zest by hand or in a stand mixer. Add the eggs and the warm milk with the yeast dissolved in it. Work until you have a smooth, non-sticky dough.
2. Add the salt and work in the butter in small pieces, waiting for each piece to be absorbed before adding the next, until the dough is smooth and glossy.
3. Shape the dough into a ball on the work surface and let it rise in a warm place until doubled in size.
4. Gently turn the dough out onto the work surface, roll it out and cut circles about 7 cm in diameter.
5. Place the dough circles on a sheet of baking paper, leaving a few centimetres between them, and let them rise for a further 45 minutes. (45 min)
6. Cut a small square of paper around each doughnut and fry two or three at a time in hot oil, removing the baking paper as soon as they go in.
7. Turn the doughnuts carefully so they brown evenly, without burning, and cook through inside.
8. Place the cooked doughnuts on a paper towel to drain excess fat, and let them cool.
9. Once the doughnuts have cooled, fill them as you like with Nutella, jam or pastry cream using a piping bag.
10. Dust with a little icing sugar and serve.

Published 2026-10-09

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