Egérke – Spoon doughnuts

by | Feb 4, 2022 | Breads, buns & biscuits

Egérke is a simple Hungarian spoon doughnut recipe (similar to tarkedli), which requires just basic ingredients, so there is a good chance you will have it all on hand. Egérke translates to tiny mouse, and it refers to the “tail” that forms when you drop the batter into the hot oil. These spoon doughnuts look weird, but their irregular shapes don’t have any negative impact on their delicious taste.

You may wonder why rum is listed among the ingredients. Rum is used to prevent the doughnuts from absorbing the oil, and that’s why these spoon doughnuts are less greasy. When the batter is placed in the hot oil, the rum evaporates quickly and does not let the pastry absorb the oil. The alcohol is gone and it will leave a subtle flavor.

Egérke - Spoon doughnuts
Egérke – Spoon doughnuts – photo: zserbo.com

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Hungarian cottage cheese

This is what Hungarian túró looks like

You often ask me what kind of cottage cheese (or curd cheese or farmer's cheese - call it what you want) I use in the recipes. In Hungary the store-bought cottage cheese is dry and crumbly as you can see in the picture. So if a recipe calls for túró, I mean this type. If you can't obtain túró, you can try to make your own from whole milk. Click on the link below.

How to make túró at home

Metric system vs cup

In Hungary metric units are in use, all the recipes on this website are based on this system, so a kitchen scale is necessary. Since I’m not familiar with cup as a measurement unit, I convert grams to cups by using an online converter. The values in brackets, therefore, are only approximate volumes, so, please, double-check them before you start cooking.