Faworki for Fat Thursday. Grandma’s recipe will make the faworki cake better
In Polish tradition it is the best delicacies for a carnival. Framed in deep fat are crunchy, soft and melt in the mouth. Each hostess has its own recipe, with which he is reluctant to share. Vinegar or spirit was often added to the traditional cake cake. This ingredient was supposed to prevent faworki absorption. Few people know that in this case a different fluid will work much better. One of the secrets of chefs while preparing faworki is beer. They are added instead of spirit. Beer makes the faworki come out more plump and have more characteristic bubbles on the surface of the dough. They are fragile and melt in the mouth. Since I started using this trick, my faworki are always eaten with pleasure. For 0.5 kg of flour, I add about 500 ml of wheat beer and traditionally knead the dough with egg yolks as well as sugar and butter.
Where did the faworki in Polish cuisine come from?
Faworki differently called is a typical Polish delicacy. In the past, during the carnival, the faworki was fried in almost every Polish house. Legend indicates that the faworki were created by accident. A young confectioner inadvertently dropped the donut dough strip into the preheated oil. As a result of high temperature, the dough took on the shape of a braid, and the confectioner sprinkled with powdered sugar. For many years, the recipe for faworki was similar to donuts, but in time it was modified so that the brushwood was lighter and more fragile. In the traditional recipe for faworki we will find flour, egg yolks, a tablespoon of spirit (so that the dough does not absorb fat during frying), cream and sugar. They indicate that faworki should be frying in lard. Thanks to this, their taste is the best.
Fat Thursday 2025
Fat Thursday is in the Polish tradition a day when you can indulge your diet. This is the time when we eat with donuts and faworki. Fat Thursday is a physical holiday and depends on the date of Easter. He always starts the last week of the carnival. In 2025, Fat Thursday falls relatively late because only on February 27. This means that this year we are waiting for an extremely long carnival. In Polish tradition, during the carnival, you could eat donuts and faworki.
