Balah-Isham (Deep fried "cream puffs" pastry)

najwa's Note:

This is a wonderful dessert i got from my mother. It may seem like a lot of work, but well worth the effort!!!

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 tablespoons flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 6 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Sugar Syrup

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• lemon, juice of

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, heat water and butter until butter melts.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Remove from the heat source, add flour and baking powder, mix well, then return to the heat and mix.
4. Form dough into a ball in the center.
5. Remove from heat and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition.
6. Add vanilla with 5th egg.
7. (This is a basic Cream Puffs recipe, if you pipe onto a cookie sheet and bake at 375F degrees for 2/3 minutes, you can fill with whipped cream and top with melted chocolate, then chill.)
8. Spoon dough into a pastry bag with a medium star tip (pipe into 3-inch long lengths), and deep fry in corn oil until lightly browned.
9. Pour sugar syrup over"balah-isham" while still warm.
10. Sugar syrup: put water, sugar and lemon in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, simmer over medium heat for 20-30 minutes.
11. Should thicken when it cools.

Reviews

[Cuistot]

Funnel Cake!! Maybe mine became funnel cake because I used a smaller star tip but they were great!! Light and airy not too sweet alone but with the lemon syrup... ohhh you could be in trouble! I would suggest making the syrup first so it has time to cool and thicken. Those these would be delicious with a sprinkle of powdered sugar and some strawberries.