RECIPE Ingredients

Romanian ● Cow’s cheese or feta cheese

Papanasi
● Egg
● Plain flour
● Bicarbonate of soda
● Lemon
● Granulated sugar
● Vegetable oil -to fry
● Sour cream - to serve
● Jam - to serve

Preparation
1. Crumble or grate the cheese.
2. Add the egg, bicarbonate of soda,
lemon zest, sugar and flour, and mix to
get a dough.
3. Transfer to the work surface and divide
it into 4 balls. Use flour to dust if the
dough is still sticky..

4. Each ball will be divided into 2, one ball

will be bigger. From the bigger ball, we
will shape a round donut with a hole in
the middle, where the second one will
be the shape of a ball (see photo below).
Ready in 55 minutes
Serves 4 people 5. Heat up the oil, and deep fry until light
brown.
1189 calories
6. Repeat with the rest of the donuts.
7. Once cooled, serve with plenty of sour
cream and jam