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A Recipe with Video: Buñuelos de Viento

Buñuelos de Viento

It’s Christmas time and in my family we like to celebrate with special Spanish treats.  Polvorones, mantecados, turron, rosquillas, and buñuelos de viento.

Buñuelos de Viento, or puffs of air, were traditionally made to celebrate All Saints Day on November 1st.  Today, you’ll find them in pastry shops from November through the Christmas Season.

I like to think of them as the Spanish version of funnel cakes.  Actually, that comparison came from my mami when she had her first funnel cake at the Iowa State Fair.

However, these are more special as lemon zest is added to the batter for an additional hint of sweet citrus in each pillowy bite.

Buñuelos de Viento are made of a simple batter consisting of whole milk, lemon zest, flour and eggs.  Once the batter is made, they are fried and puff before your eyes.  Although the recipe is easy enough to make, the process can be difficult to understand.

In order to show you the process for perfect buñuelos every time I decided to make a video post sponsored by Star Fine Foods.

Easy enough right?!

Just remember to cook that batter for a good five minutes to make sure to get that perfect puff ball every time.

Buñuelos de Viento

Buñuelos de Viento

These pillowy balls of dough with a hint of lemon are finished by either rolling them in granulated sugar, topped with powdered sugar or as I like to eat them, drizzled with raw honey.  They tasted phenomenal drizzled with my chamomile infused raw honey.  I’d like to make an anise infused raw honey and see how that tastes.

In order to make these even more special, you can also fill them with any variation of cream.  Experiment, have fun!

Ingredients:

  • 150grams (1 1/3 cups) of whole wheat pastry flour or unbleached all purpose flour
  • 250ml (1 cup) whole milk
  • zest of 1 lemon (preferably organic)
  • pinch of salt
  • 30grams (2tbl) butter
  • 4 eggs
  • Star Fine Foods, Extra Light Olive Oil

Method:

1. In a heavy bottomed sauce pan over medium heat, bring milk, lemon zest, salt and butter to a soft boil.

2. Once the milk has come to a boil, turn the range off and whisk in the flour.

3. Turn the range onto medium low and cook the dough for 5-8 minutes.  Constantly turning.  This is an important step to make sure that your final batter will puff once fried.  Refer to video.

4. Once the dough has been cooked, set aside and allow to cool.

5. Once the dough has cooled, incorporate the eggs into the dough, one at a time.  Your final dough should be the consistency of a thick pancake batter.

6. Once your batter has been made, heat up the olive oil in a small sauce pan at least 2″ tall.

7. Drop a half spoonful of batter at a time into the oil and watch them puff. Refer to video.

8. Once the buñuelos are browned all around and puffed, allow to drain on a towel.

8. Finish by filling with cream, rolling in granulated sugar, topping with powdered sugar or drizzling with raw honey.

Buen Provecho!


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Diana is a mother of three, proud wife, and humbled daughter of God. She finds the most joy meeting with Jesus in her organic gardens. She is completely blessed to be able to call herself a stay at home mom where she home educates her children, joyfully serves her husband, and cooks nourishing, real food, for her family. She loves connecting with people on facebook, google+, pinterest, and instagram.

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Comments

  1. amelia from z tasty life says

    December 9, 2011 at 11:10 am

    adoro todo que esta’ en este post!!!

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm

      Muchas gracias amiga!

      Reply
  2. Therese - Artistta says

    December 9, 2011 at 3:35 pm

    Okay well these look fantastic.. Wanna come over and make some for me! 🙂 Nice to see you blogging again!

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 14, 2011 at 4:44 pm

      Thanks Therese!

      Reply
  3. Katie says

    December 9, 2011 at 5:12 pm

    I’d never thought of deep frying in olive oil before. Those look amazing!!!

    Reply
  4. DebbieM says

    December 10, 2011 at 11:50 am

    Yum! I have so many wonderful memories of my childhood years in Spain! You mentioned anise and that made me think of two things. The tortas you can buy here at Central Market. One type has anise seeds. I found a recipe online once and it was in Spanish….do you have a recipe for them? The other thing I thought of was a liquor my parents used to buy. It was in a silver bottle and they called it Ponce? It was anise flavored. I love anise! I also remember that it grew wild there…….

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 14, 2011 at 4:47 pm

      Debbie, I think I can help you out. The tortas are the popular ones from Sevilla, tortas de aciete. I’ve never made them at home, but maybe I should give that a try! They’re so good!! The liquor you’re probably thinking about is called aguardiente. So nummy, full of anise! Have a good day!!

      Reply
  5. Mely@Mexicoinmykitchen says

    December 12, 2011 at 7:25 am

    So glad to see you blogging again. I hope everything is doing fine with you and the family.

    Hugs,

    Mely

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 14, 2011 at 4:47 pm

      Thanks Mely! Huge hug to you my friend!!

      Reply
  6. Katerina says

    December 12, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    Although Spain is not very far away from Greece, I have never visited this beautiful country. My mother did many times and she has only the best to say about the food, people and monuments. Beautiful treats especially now that Christmas is on its way!

    Reply
  7. Jessica @ Cajunlicious says

    December 14, 2011 at 4:25 pm

    So glad I found your blog through a fellow foodie, you’ve got yourself a new follower! XO Jessica @ Cajunlicious

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 14, 2011 at 4:43 pm

      Thanks for stopping by Jessica!

      Reply
  8. Mindy @ The Purposed Heart says

    December 15, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Looks delicious Diana! Love the video 🙂

    Reply
  9. Lamia says

    January 3, 2012 at 7:30 pm

    Que rico !!!

    Reply
  10. Roger says

    December 5, 2012 at 5:03 am

    Hi Diana, you mention rosquillas in your post. I had rosquillas madrilenas over Easter in Madrid, they were anis flavoured and had a glaze. I wonder which is the proper method to make them, baking of deep-frying? I found recipes for both methods online.

    Reply
    • Diana Bauman says

      December 5, 2012 at 7:57 am

      Hi Roger. Although I’m sure there are baked methods, traditionally, rosquillas are fried. In my opinion, taste so much better 😉

      Reply

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