Lokoumades

Ingredients:

For the dough:

250 grams plain flour

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon dried yeast
1 tablespoon honey
250 ml warm water
Sun flower oil

For the sauce:
100 grams runny honey
1 tablespoon soft light brown sugar
½ lemon juice and zest
1 ablespoon butter
1 tablespoon water
50 grams pistachios, crushed
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon to serve

How to cook:

Mix the flour, salt and yeast into a large mixing bowl. Add the honey and warm water and mix until combined. Cover with a damp tea towel and set aside to prove in a warm place for 40 minutes.

Fill a deep-fat fryer with corn flower oil. Heat the oil to 180C . Carefully drop tablespoons of the mixture into the oil and fry for 3-4 minutes or until crispy and golden-brown. Remove from the hot oil using a slotted spoon and set aside to drain on kitchen paper.

For the sauce, place the honey, sugar, lemon zest and juice, butter and 1 tablespoon water in a saucepan and heat until the sugar has dissolved. Add the pistachios and remove the pan from the heat.
Pour the sauce over the loukoumades and dust with ground cinnamon. Kali oreksi!