Potato Doughnuts

Description

In Romanian: Gogosi din cartofi

Ingredients

• 4 big potatoes
• 2 oz / 50 g yeast
• 7 oz / 200 g sour cream
• 3 yolks
• salt
• flour as needed to make a dough
• 1 cup oil for frying
• chopped ham or sheep's cheese

Directions

1. Roast the potatoes in their jackets, then peel and grate them (while they are hot).
2. Place them in a bowl, add the yeast mixed with the sour cream and yolks, salt and mix with flour to make medium soft dough.
3. Cover the bowl with a cloth and let rise in a warm place.
4. After it has risen well, roll a sheet the thickness of a pencil.
5. Cut rounds with a glass and place some ground ham or crumbled sheep cheese mixed with an egg on each round.
6. Cover with another round and make sure the edges stick.
7. Fry in hot oil and serve hot with tea.