Firi firi

Name: Firi firi
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French Polynesia
Ingredients: 300 g (2½ cups) all-purpose flour; 200 ml (¾ cup) coconut milk; 50 g (¼ cup) sugar; 1 packet active dry yeast; 1 teaspoon orange blossom water; 500 ml (2 cups) frying oil; 1 pinch salt

Firi firi, Tahitian coconut doughnuts

⏱ 90 minServes 6Medium330 kcal

A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.

01 — Ingredients6 servings

300 g (11 oz)flour
200 ml (¾ cup)coconut milk
50 g (2 oz)sugar
1 packetfresh yeast
1 tsporange blossom water
500 ml (2 cups)frying oil
1 pinchsalt

300 g (11 oz) flour
200 ml (¾ cup) coconut milk
50 g (2 oz) sugar
1 packet fresh yeast
1 tsp orange blossom water
500 ml (2 cups) frying oil
1 pinch salt

Serves 6. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.

02 — Equipment

1 large bowl (3 L / 3 qt)

1 deep saucepan (20 cm / 8 in)

1 slotted spoon

1 whisk

03 — Method

Dissolve the yeast in the warm coconut milk with a pinch of sugar and let stand 10 min until slightly foamy.
Put the flour in the bowl with the sugar, salt and orange blossom water, make a well, pour in the yeasted coconut milk and mix, first with a whisk, then by hand.
Knead about 10 minutes until supple and elastic, then cover with a clean towel and let rise 1 hour in a warm place.
Punch down, take portions and roll into long ropes, then shape into figure eights, the traditional firi firi shape.
Heat the frying oil in the tall saucepan and fry the doughnuts a few minutes, turning, until puffed and golden.
Lift out with the slotted spoon onto paper towels, sprinkle with a little sugar while hot and serve for breakfast or a snack.