DIPLES: GREEK HONEY TURNOVER FRIED PASTRIES
Yield:
8
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- Zest of an orange
- 3 eggs
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Oil for frying (non gmo canola oil)
For the syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup Greek honey
- Garnish/Toppings:
- 1 cup finely ground walnuts
- Ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Begin by making the dough.
- Combine the eggs, sugar, orange juice, and oil.
- Beat them until combined.(In the video demonstration, I did this in my table top mixer.
- You can prepare the dough in a large mixing bowl and do all these steps by hand)Combine the flour, baking powder, salt and orange zest and sift together.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients to the mixer and knead until combined and smooth.
- Transfer the dough onto a board or counter and knead with a little bit more flour until it is no longer sticky.
- Do not add too much flour, just enough until it feels tacky.
- Wrap with plastic and set aside to rest at room temperature for about 15 minutes.
- Cut the dough into small portions.
- I used a pasta roller to roll it out. It is much easier than doing it with a rolling pin.
- Just make sure that the pasta roller is well floured to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Pass each portion of dough through the pasta roller until it is long and very thin.
- Begin rolling at a thicker setting and slowly passing it through the thinner setting until it becomes almost see through.
- (Less than 1/8 inch thick)Set the rolled out strips aside and cover with a clean towel.Heat the oil to 375 degrees Fahrenheit in a deep pot.
- Cut the strips as thick as you like and tie them into knots to form bows or leave them as strips to form the turnovers.
- Drop into the hot oil and fry until bubbles form in the dough and until it is golden. It takes about 1-2 minutes total.
- Set the fried dough onto a tray lined with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
- Allow them to cool completely.
- Make the syrup by combining the water and sugar in a small saucepan and bring it to a boil.
- Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and stir in the orange juice and honey.
- Dip the fried turnovers and bows in the syrup and place on a plate.
- Garnish with the ground walnuts and lots of ground cinnamon.
- Enjoy!
In making the syrup. Step 21 states “Remove from heat and stir in the orange juice and honey.” I do not see orange juice in the ingredient list for the syrup? I only see orange juice in the list of ingredients for the dough. Please clarify.
These were very good. I don’t know if I should have used setting 5 instead of 4 for the thickness. Do you cover them after you make them or leave uncovered? Very tasty!
I have the same question as another reader. Does the orange juice get added to the flour mixture or the syrup, The recipe says one thing and the video another. I added it to both. I used the KitchenAid roller set to 4, but next time I will go to 5. Also, the syrup, in my opinion is not sweet enough even with the sugar and honey. I would double the honey next time and add a cinnamon bark to the syrup ad let it all thicken up a bit before adding the diples. JMO…