What are Hojulas?
Hojulas are fried pastries honored by Colombians and other Latin cultures, especially during Christmas. These thin and crispy dough strips are direct mixtures of eggs, flour, sugar, milk and salt. After deep frying, they are often drizzled in simple syrup of butter, brown sugar, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon and then dusted with a fine powder coating.
It is essential that the dough healing is said. Otherwise, the final product will not have the right consistency. One recipe requires a standard sweet dough of two eggs for each 1 cup (about 125 g) flour. First, the eggs are beaten by 1 teaspoon (about 5 g) sugar and a touch of salt, then a mixture of about 0.5 cup (about 118 ml) of milk is mixed into the mixture. After mixing, a pile of flour is interconnected in the middle and the mixture can be poured and kneaded.
After creating a firm dough ball, many chefs leave it to L for L rest 10 minutes before it rolling with a roller. During this time the syrup can form on the stove. Begins to melting butter on a mildm fire, to which brown sugar, nutmeg, ginger and cinnamon until the spoons are firmly. After this mixture is syrup, it is removed from the stove to cool down a little.
The last steps of production Hojuelas mean that the dough exports extremely thin and cut strips as long and wide as two fingers. Some of them cut them into triangles; Others prefer thin rectangles. The size is not as important as the heat of oil, which should be at least 350 ° F (about 177 ° C), but not warmer than 400 ° F (about 205 ° C).
As soon as they are brown, Hojulas is placed on a paper towel to make extra oils. Strips should be crunchy, with a slightly bubbling consistency. On the plate they can be in the syrup and sprinkled with powder sugar.
The Hojuelalas plate is often served along with other traditional Colombian holidays. Treats thatShadow even Hojuelalas in popularity are fritters known as buñuelos , which are like the holes of the cake or Husshpuppies. Another favorite is vanilla coconut cream called Natilla , which is made of cow, coconut and condensed milk, with grated coconut starch, vanilla extract, butter, sugar and salt.