Cherry Chocolate Beignets with Vanilla Stewed Cherries

Cherry Chocolate Beignets with Vanilla Stewed Cherries
You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Cherry Chocolate Beignets with Vanilla Stewed Cherries a try. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 16g of fat, and a total of 333 calories. If you have vanilla bean, bittersweet chocolate, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 35 minutes.

Instructions

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Split the vanilla bean in half and with a back of a paring knife scrape the inside of its seeds. In a medium saucepan, add the 4 cups of cherries, red wine, 1/2 cup sugar and the vanilla bean and it's seeds. Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes, remove vanilla bean. Keep stewed cherries warm.
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To make Cherry Chocolate Beignets: In a large saucepan, heat up the oil for frying to 360 degrees F. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, set aside. In another medium bowl whisk eggs with oil, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and milk.
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Add flour mixture to egg mixture, stir in melted chocolate and dried cherries.
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Roll 2 tablespoons of batter into balls. Fry each side for 1 minute.
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Transfer beignets to a rack.
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To serve, place about 1/3 cup of the poached cherries with liquid in a soup bowl.
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Place 2 to 3 beignets on top and garnish with Cocoa-Sugar Dusting.
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In a small bowl combine cocoa powder and sugar.
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Ready In35 m.
Servings12
Health Score1
Dish TypesSide Dish
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