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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Cream together the shortening and sugar. | 2. Add egg yolks, vanilla, and orange rind. | 3. Stir in milk. | 4. Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder. | 5. Add dry mixture to liquid mixture and beat smooth. | 6. Drop batter by teaspoonful into deep (2-3 inches) hot oil (dip spoon and your finger in water each time before dipping so batter will not stick). | 7. Fry until golden brown. | 8. Drain on absorbent paper and then soak (dip) the balls into the honey syrup, and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon. | 9. Syrup:. | 10. Add water, honey, sugar and orange juice into a sauce pan. | 11. Boil together for 5 minutes and dip the loukoumathes in the syrup while syrup is hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
shortening	2	tablespoons		226.304	0.0	0.0	25.6
sugar	3/4	cup		604.485	151.197	0.0	0.0
egg yolk	4			218.96	2.4412	10.7848	18.0472
vanilla extract	1/2	teaspoon		6.047999999999999	0.2656	0.0013	0.0013
orange	1	tablespoon	grated rind	5.2875	1.3219	0.1058	0.0135
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788
purpose flour	3	cups		-	-	-	-
baking powder	4	teaspoons		9.752	5.0968	0.0	0.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
oil				-	-	-	-
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
honey	1	cup		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	cup		604.485	151.197	0.0	0.0
orange juice	2 -3	tablespoons	squeezed	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sugar				604.485	151.197	0.0	0.0
cinnamon				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.