Chocolate Hazelnut Bomboloni

Let’s make this Chocolate hazelnut Bomboloni at home with me! Guarantee you with easy peasy steps, and perfect delightful flavor. No regret 😍

My cup of tea

One perfect Saturday night spent at home, my husband and I decided will not to go anywhere since it’s raining cat and dog from 5 pm till 8 pm.

I make a cup of tea and he choose to make a cup of coffee, I was a fan of coffee since college student, but later on, my body especially my stomach fully refuses it because of gastric acid. Sometimes it feels irritating. so that is what we called to love and hate relationship with coffee.

While we drink our hot beverages. He started to say;

“Are you remember back then? When did you say you will engage with your ex?” He was stared at me seriously.

I was blushing and said, “stop talking about that, I was so innocent back then”.

He started to laugh at me “you are a little bit dumping by, No matter what luckily you ended up with me😬” both of us laugh.

Marrying my friend was never ever be my list in my life, I dread to think sometimes why I can be with him? He was my best friend since elementary school. Ended with him make me need to think a million times and convince myself is he literally the one for me? Then you know what? It is one of the best decisions of my entire life. A Wise man said when someone accepts you with all your flaws and your worst, he deserves all your best. On contrary, I would say I will make self-love and self-upgrade first, I won’t blame my worst on my partner, even tho the one who loves you the most, won’t leave no matter how hard the situation. There is always a way out.

after a short time, my hubby said “Babe, why won’t you make the filling donut we love from our fav restaurant? I mean your fav restaurant?

As I mentioned before in my post here. I love this restaurant so much. So he knew it, and I was planning to surprise him with creating bomboloni tomorrow. It looks like failed surprise, he already read my mind anyway.

Let’s talk about bomboloni a.k.a filling donut!

Why is it called Bomboloni?

Bomboloni is an Italian deep-fried Italian donuts style, which presents one of the traditional sweets of the Carnival season. Even though bomboloni are said to be of Tuscan origin, It is a donuts but with a unique shape. Bomboloni doesn’t have regular holes like donuts. The hole-making was after the bomboloni was ready to be served and cooked.

The words bomboloni originally come from the words bombe or means bomb, because bomboloni is mouthwatering and give bomb sensation with the filling inside (here the chocolate hazelnut spread)
Now, you can buy this bomboloni everywhere all worldwide, however, the name of bomboloni here in my country are less famous, we prefer to keep saying to buy filling donuts.

They are like a party in your mouth, with their gooey centers and sugary, soft dough. Imagine the moist of donuts filled with chocolate hazelnut filling is ready to crush your diet plans. Too tasty to be missed 😋. Let’s make this chocolate hazelnut Bomboloni! I recommend you to eat the delicious bomboloni while they’re still warm, so you can feel the bomb sensation from hazelnut spread in your mouth cover with the light and moist bomboloni surface.

The Ingredients of Chocolate Hazelnut Bomboloni

• All-Purpose Flour and Instant dry yeast: the most basic ingredient to make the dough. you know there will be no donuts without these two lovely ingredients
• Granulated Sugar as sweetener for the donut. i am not using the brown sugar and liquid sugar because it will affected to the dough texture which make the dough too melting.
• Milk: here I use warm milk as the dough thinner since milk has liquid texture. Besides, The addition of milk to the dough making process aims to increase nutrition in the donuts also give a moist texture and fragrant aroma when fry
• Eggs room temperature: Eggs will improve the nutritional value of bread, increase delicious taste, and help to form a smoother bread fiber texture. my tips before you mixing the egg, just try to crack the eggs in a separate bowl. It is to avoid rotten eggs mix directly to the dough.
• Butter: Butter provides the function of flavoring, softening, and expanding the dough and reducing the gluten effect of flour.
• Seasoning I use Vanilla Extract and Salt. A sweet snack without adding vanilla extract just same as like go without direction, feel lost and something missing for sure.

Topping

• Chocolate Hazelnut Spread. For the filling inside,pssst you can subtitue the filling with some berries jam such as blueberry, strawberry. Or with cream such as vanilla custard, creamcheese. Feel free to fill this bomboloni with everything you love!
• Granulated Sugar. You will roll the bomboloni in this granulated sugar land.

How to Make Chocolate Hazelnut Bomboloni

The dough

first thing first, In a big bowl, add egg from the separate bowl (just to make sure the egg is not the rotten egg)

then, combine the egg, instant dry yeast, warm milk, granulated sugar, mix thoroughly until the sugar dissolves with a mixer. Make a well in the center, then knead for 5 minutes or until smooth and sticky.

Do not forget to add seasoning here vanilla extract, and salt. mix and mix again until they combined unitedly.

The ideal time for kneading the dough in the stand mixer for 2 minutes, or if making the dough by hand, tip it onto a floured work surface and knead for about 5 minutes, until it’s smooth and elastic but still quite sticky.

Next, add all-purpose flour, knead the dough for 15 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic. With the motor running, add butter, 1 piece at a time after each addition, knead again until the dough is not too tacky, about 15 minutes with a mixer.

Cover it with a wet cloth or cling wrap so the dough won’t dry out. Proof the dough for 45 minutes or until rises and is double the size.

while waiting for the dough is proof and rise, Cut the parchment paper into 12×6 cm. Sprinkle flour on top of the parchment paper to prevent the dough from sticking when it will be fried.

Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and cover with plastic wrap.

Bomboloni Shape

Once the dough has risen, portion the dough of the bomboloni 40 g each.

Make a smooth ball shape, then flatten with your hand. Using your hands, pull the dough around the chocolate hazelnut spread and shape it into a ball; pinch the bottom to seal.

Put it on parchment paper and proof it again for 15 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat. Fry the donuts at 150°C or 300°F until both sides golden brown. when you fry the donut, let the donut be cooked. do not flip the donut too often.

Rest them in the cooling rack. Rest them in the cooling rack only for a couple of seconds, then roll the bomboloni immediately in granulated sugar, be sure to cover them well. you can substitute the granulated sugar with cocoa powder over bomboloni.

Topping

• To fill the bomboloni, while still hot, insert a scissor or using the tip of a small, sharp knife, pierce a hole in the bottom of each bomboloni. into the side of a bomboloni and then open the scissors when it’s inside the bomboloni to make a small space.
• Place chocolate hazelnut spread in a piping bag, then fill a piping bag with chocolate hazelnut jam and pipe it into the bomboloni.
• Roll bomboloni in hazelnut sugar to coat, then serve immediately.

I recommend you to eat the delicious bomboloni while they’re still warm, so you can feel the bomb sensation from hazelnut spread in your mouth cover with the light and moist bomboloni surface. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes:

• To make the dough, you can change the flour with potato, so it will be potato dough bomboloni,
• My dough really sticking and that’s quite challenging. to handle this, you can add more flour when you place the donut shape in the parchment paper.
• For the filling bomboloni, you can substitute the filling with some berries jam such as blueberry, strawberry. Or with pastry cream such as vanilla, cream cheese. Pudding, jelly, peanut butter is alright tho. Feel free to fill this bomboloni with everything you love!
• The moment you fry the bomboloni, let the bomboloni is perfectly cooked. do not flip the bomboloni too often.

Can these Chocolate Hazelnut Bomboloni reheat?

yes of course, here are some tips to keep the bomboloni;

If you want to reheat this bomboloni, let the donuts thaw on their own before using the microwave. I wouldn’t suggest heating this donut if you’re grabbing it from the pantry.

if you seal and freeze for up to 1-month shelf life. but if you keep it in the pantry it only stays for up to 2 days. When ready to use from the freezer, let thaw in the refrigerator overnight. then directly deep-fried in the next day.

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Perfect snacks Idea to accompany your coffee or tea;

• Chocolate Sprinkle Donuts
• Crispy Thin Martabak
• Sweet Cheddar Cheese Spring rolls
• No-bake Caramel Cashew bar

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