happy new year - oliebollen recipe
Happy New Year! On New Year’s Eve we made our traditional Dutch apple fritters, called oliebollen. The Dutch believe that eating oliebollen (literally, “oil balls”) on New Year's Eve brings good fortune - anything circular is good luck because it symbolizes the “completion of a cycle of a year.” (My son recommends Ritz crackers in line with this reasoning…) And who can’t use some extra good luck?
Here’s my recipe that I translated from a Dutch recipe (the metric volumes, not the language):
Oliebollen (makes about 10 fritters)
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
1 ¼ tsp salt
2 ½ tsp sugar
4 tsp yeast
¼ tsp cinnamon
lemon juice
2 Tbs raisins
4 oz chopped apples
Oil for deep frying
Powdered sugar to sprinkle on top
Mix flour, water, salt, sugar, yeast, cinnamon, lemon juice, raisins and apples. Let rise about 45 minutes in a warm location. Heat oil to 350 degrees F in a deep fryer. Form balls of dough using an ice cream scoop and drop into oil. (The dough is very loose, so its a bit of a challenge to produce a round ball...) Fry about 6 minutes each or until they're golden brown. Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
My family's original version of the recipe is to core and peel the apples and then slice them into rings (flat sections from peeled quartered apples are easier, but less lucky). Make the dough, omitting the raisins and apples. After its risen, dip the apple to coat with batter, then fry in a skillet with a layer of hot oil.
posted by kathy at 11:29 PM
6 Comments:
Happy New Year!
Nice post and thanks for sharing your recipe of "Oliebollen." I'll try making this goodies one of these days.
P.S.
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4:33 PM
When do you put the raisins and chopped apples in? You only said mix the water, flour, salt, sugar, yeast cinnamon and lemon juice-you did not indicate if you could put the raisins and apples in when it is rising or when you for dough balls?
12:39 PM
Thanks for reading the recipe! I have revised it and hopefully all the details are there now. I also added a link to my source.
10:24 PM
Oliebollen -- lekker! :)
8:58 PM
I just noticed this blog, it's great! Nice pictures and oliebollen too! We have oliebollen almost every year during the holidays. Apple fritters too! It's interesting your family is Dutch.
Except that my great grandfather is from the 'Pennsylvania Dutch' homeland, an area much larger than Holland, my family is not really Dutch. In particular I am from the area known as Friesland. I was born in Chicago and have lived in Amsterdam for 15 years now.
Do you know Capucijners? It's a kind of soup pea, that's usually cooked more like a stew. It is a very traditional Dutch food. If you are interested, send me an email with your address and I will send you some seeds.
8:23 AM
My dad grew up in Lisse, just south of Amsterdam and emigrated to the US in the late 1940's, just after the war. His dad exported Dutch bulbs, and when they arrived in the US the family started a large garden center that imported bulbs and sold all sorts of plants. That's my Dutch connection and my gardening heritage.
I have never heard of Capucijners, but would love to try the seeds. My email address is carletongardener@aol.com. I will check your site for your address.
9:20 PM
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