White Lightning Drunken Donuts
By: Sarah Chappell
Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 7:05pm

Ingredients




Starter:
2 cups Warm Water
2 tablespoons Active Dry Yeast
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
Donuts:
10 ounces Unsalted Butter
 cups Sugar
6 Eggs
1/4 cup Vanilla Extract
8 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup Salt
Filling:
600 grams white chocolate
100 grams corn syrup
150 grams heavy cream
100 grams Grey Goose vodka
250 grams Liquid Lightning
of salt

Preparation

1 Starter: Dissolve yeast in water then whisk in flour. Cover with plastic and let double in volume in a warm place. 2 Donuts: Using a stand mixer, cream butter and sugar. 
Add eggs 1 at a time followed by vanilla. 
Stir in flour and salt until mealy (not a dough) 3 Stir in starter 4 Switch to the hook attachment and mix to a firm ball 5 Place in oiled bowl and let rise till doubled 6 Cut into 2 inch rounds and place on floured sheet trays 7 Let rise another hour 8 Fry at 350 degrees, flipping once 9 Let cool slightly 10 Using a pastry bag, pipe the filling into each donut 11 Filling: Melt the white chocolate 12 In a separate pot, pour corn syrup and cream and bring to a boil 13 Slowly mix the corn syrup/cream blend into the melted white chocolate to make a perfect emulsion 14 Add a pinch of salt 15 With a hand mixer or a food processor, add the vodka and Liquid Lightning 16 Place plastic on top of curd to prevent skin from forming 17 Refrigerate overnight or at least six hours 18 The filling may seem a bit liquid, but the chocolate will firm up over night

About


A "drunken donut" with White Lightning alcoholic filling. Created by Top Chef: Just Desserts contestant and Flex Mussels Executive Pastry Chef Zac Young.