Description
Neapolitan Potato Donuts, also known as Graffe, are a delicious treat perfect for Carnival. These donuts, made with potatoes, offer a unique texture and flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 75 g (10 tbsp) bread or all-purpose flour
- 80 g (5 tbsp) whole milk
- 1 g (1/4 tsp) dry yeast
- 250 g (2 cups) bread flour
- 3 g (1 tsp) dry yeast
- 160 g (5.6 oz) russet potatoes boiled, mashed (one medium-large Russet)
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 30 g (2.5 tbsp) sugar
- 55 g (4 tbsp) unsalted butter room temperature
- 10 g (0.5 tbsp) honey
- 1 large lemon zest only (or use vanilla extract instead)
- 5 g (3/4 tsp) salt
- 1.5 liters peanut oil (or avocado/canola oil)
- Sugar as needed for coating
Instructions
- Boil whole potato with skin on in salted water until fork-tender, about 20-25 minutes.
- Let cool, peel, and mash until perfectly smooth.
- Mix flour, yeast, and whole milk in a small bowl until combined.
- Cover and rest in a turned-off oven with light on for 1 hour.
- In a stand mixer, combine the first dough with beaten eggs.
- Add mashed potato, bread flour, yeast, sugar, honey, and lemon zest.
- Mix and gradually add butter and salt until dough is smooth.
- Shape dough into a ball, place in an oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for 30 minutes.
- Divide dough into 12 portions and shape into balls.
- Make a hole in the center of each ball to form donuts.
- Place on parchment-lined sheet and let rise for at least 1 hour.
- Heat oil to 340°F (170°C) and fry donuts until golden.
- Roll hot donuts in sugar to coat.
Notes
- Mashed potatoes can be made and refrigerated up to 24 hours ahead.
- Doughnuts can be refrigerated overnight for their final rise.
- For glaze: combine milk, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and melted butter.
- Warm glaze to 100-110°F before using.
- If glaze gets too thick, thin with warm milk.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 464
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 332mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 19g
- Cholesterol: 445mg
Keywords: Neapolitan Potato Donuts, Graffe, Carnival Doughnuts