I’m a doughnut enthusiast, they are definitely on my Top 10 list, but I’m only interested in homemade ones. I was so excited when I first met those lovely cottage cheese donuts, and I felt the urge there to prepare them at home. In Hungary the most widely used recipe is the so called ribboned carnival doughnuts, which are traditionally made during the carnival season. The recipe of cottage cheese doughnuts, however, comes from Transylvania, where they are often served as a dessert or a main dish after thick soups.

The dough doesn’t contain yeast, just a small amount of baking soda, so you don’t need to leave it to rest, the doughnuts can be deep-fried right after you have knead the ingredients together and cut out the rings. These golden doughnut rings are soft inside and crispy outside at the same time, their taste is incomparable, and despite deep-frying they are light and don’t swim in fat.