Bolinho de ChuvaRainy Day Fritters

Rustic Cinnamon-Sugar Dough Fritters from the Farm Kitchen.

• 20 fritters
• Prep 15 mins
• Cook 15 mins
• Nacional

When the rain came to the farm kitchen, the fritters came with it: a batter of eggs, milk and flour dropped by the spoonful into hot oil and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Bolinho de chuva is less a recipe than a reflex — the Brazilian child's first cooking memory, made by grandmothers who never measured.

Ingredients

• •2 eggs
• •4 tbsp sugar
• •200 ml whole milk
• •280 g all-purpose flour
• •1 tbsp baking powder
• •1 pinch fine sea salt
• •1.5 liters neutral oil, for frying
• •4 tbsp sugar mixed with 1 tsp ground cinnamon, for rolling

Method

1. Make a thick batterWhisk the eggs and sugar until pale, whisk in the milk, then fold in the flour, baking powder, and salt into a thick spoonable batter — it should fall slowly from the spoon.
2. Heat the oilBring the oil to 170°C — a drop of batter should rise slowly, sizzling, not brown instantly.
3. Fry in spoonfulsDrop the batter in heaped teaspoons, a few at a time. They will puff, turn themselves, and cook to deep gold in 3 to 4 minutes.
4. Roll hotDrain briefly and roll in cinnamon sugar while still hot — it will not stick to a cold fritter.

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