I came across this recipe Kürbis Berliner gefüllt mit Pudding 🇩🇪 which translates to Pumpkin Berlin filled with pudding 🇺🇸. I had to try it, it looked absolutely beautiful and used simple ingredients that every household would have. It’s basically pumpkin shaped fried dough drenched in sugar and filled with vanilla pudding. I gave it an 8/10, the reason being it’s a bit doughy in the center. But I have to say, when I tried it the second day it was perfect. I’d absolutely urge you to try this recipe, like any fried dough you’ll find it’s a bit dense, so if you like that texture, definitely go for it. Plus, it’s pretty impressive and not too sweet, which I love.
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 packet dry yeast
- 130 ml. Warm milk
- 100 g. Melted butter
- 30 g. Sugar
- 1/8 tsp. Vanilla powder (optional)
- 2 eggs
- 470 g. All purpose flour
Filling
- 1 jell-o vanilla instant pudding (5.1 ounce)
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- Oil for frying
- Granulated Sugar + pumpkin spice
Instructions
- -warm the milk and butter together
- -in a bowl add all the ingredients together and mix the dough by hand. Turn on a hard surface and knead the dough barely just to come together in a ball, place back in the same bowl cover and let proof for 1 hour
- -shape into a cylinder and cut 12 pieces, roll with the palm of your hand, using a thread shape into pumpkin (I recommend using black thread so you can were your going) cover and let proof for 30 minutes
- -in the meantime prepare the instant pudding and place in the fridge
- -heat the oil to 170 c./ 335 F. Making sure to lower the flame after so the oil doesn’t get hotter ( medium low ). Fry the pumpkin Berlin on both sides until golden, place on a rack so the extra oil drips
- -wait until it’s cool to the touch, remove the string and roll the pumpkin spice sugar
- -wait until it’s cooled completely, make a hole on one side and fill with the pudding
- -cut 1 vanilla been into 4 to make a stem and enjoy
- -I like also to have extra pudding on the side