Mini doughnuts recipe

Sally's deep-fried dessert was served with a warm chocolate sauce on Come Dine With Me Swindon

Serves 5

Ingredients

250g strong white bread flour
250g plain white flour
200ml warm milk
100g unsalted butter
100g caster sugar
2 medium eggs
1 tsp dried yeast
2 tsp salt
1 litre sunflower oil, for frying

For the chocolate sauce

150g dark chocolate
150g milk chocolate
300ml double cream

Method

Put the flours, milk, butter, sugar, eggs, yeast and salt into a food mixer and mix for 10 minutes.
Take out, shape the dough into a round and pop back into mixing bowl covered with cling film. Leave to rise for about 1 hour until doubled in size.
Take out the dough, press out the air and divide into 20 equal pieces – they should be about 50g each. Roll into balls, poke a hole in the middle and leave to rise for another hour until doubled in size again.
Heat the oil in a fryer or deep heavy-bottomed pan until sizzling hot and deep-fry the doughnuts for about 5 minutes, turning every now and then so they brown evenly.
Drain on kitchen paper and roll in sugar.
To make the sauce melt the chocolate and the cream in a bowl set over a pan of just boiling water. Serve warm with the warm, freshly cooked doughnuts.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.