Berlinas from Chile

Berlinas are a dessert typical from Berlin and North Germany.

Due to the migration of german people all over the world, this kind of dessert has reached other countries like Spain where this is called  'bombas' ,it also reached South America, specially Chile where the dessert has become a National dish.

The Berlinas are filled with custard cream, caramel spread or jam. The most common filling is the custard cream.

They can be cooked in the oven or fried in a pan, the most traditional way is to fry them, that is the recipe I present today.

Ingredients for the dough:


- 500 grams flour.
- 1 tablespoon baker's yeast. (20 grams).
- 75 grams butter.
- 60 grams sugar.
- 200 cc milk.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- 2 eggs.

Method:

1- Put the dry ingredients in a bowl; sifted flour, sugar , a pinch of vanilla sugar, salt and yeast. Mix well.

2- Add soft butter and mix well.

3- Add milk at room temperature.

4- Add the eggs and mix well.

5- knead using your hands:

6- Until the dough has this consistency:

7- Cover with cling film and let stand for a couple of hours until it doubles its size. My dough took 3 hours.

8- This was the dough after 3 hours:

9- Make a cilinder with the dough and divide it in pieces that weight 60 grams.

10- Smash every piece of dough and roll it until you get a ball.

11- Put the balls on baking parchment, cover with cling film and let stand for 45 minutes.

12- Fill a pan with oil, the amount of oil should be enough to let the balls float.

Heat the oil until 170ºC, if you do not have a thermometer you know that the oil is ready when you put in the oil a little amount of dough and you see bubbles in the oil.

Fry 3 minutes for every side.

13- Put the berlinas on absorbent paper to get rid of the excess of oil.

14- Let the berlinas get cool, make a little cut in the middle and fill the berlina with custard cream.

The custard cream must be cold , you should prepare it time before.

15- Sprinkle some powder sugar , and There you have the berlinas!.

You can also watch the recipe at my Youtube Channel:

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