Tulumba (albanian Version)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter (we prefer butter) or 2 tablespoons margarine, melted (we prefer butter)
• 1 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons water
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups olive oil, for frying
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 syrup:.
• 2 put the sugar, water and lemon juice into a saucepan, and after melting the sugar by stirring, allow it to boil until moderately thick.
• 3 set aside to cool.
• 4 pastry:.
• 5 heat the margarine in a saucepan, add the water and salt and bring to the boil.
• 6 reduce heat and add the flour at once.
• 7 stir the mixture constantly with a wooden spoon and continue until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and forms a ball.
• 8 this should take 6 minutes, then remove pan from heat and set aside to cool.
• 9 when cool, add the eggs and knead for approximately 10 minutes.
• 10 using a pastry bag with a large nozzle or a serrated spoon, put 7-8 pastries in a pan containing the heated olive oil.
• 11 start frying the pastry over low heat, increase heat when pastry puffs up a bit and fry until golden.
• 12 remove fried pastry with a perforated spoon, draining away the oil, then put into the syrup.
• 13 strain off the syrup, place tulumba on serving plate and serve when cool.