How much oil is absorbed by deep-fried donuts during frying?
I am doing a comparison with baked to determine the amount of added fat.
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I sold deep fry oil for a few years. According to company and industry studies, it could add 10%, but up to 1/4 of the weight if using the wrong oil or wrong temperature. Have you eaten a doughnut and it has the fatty taste and “bad mouth feel”- when the fat coats the tongue? They aren’t using the right oil (which melts at a lower temperature), and chances are frying below 350°F or not waiting for the temperature to go up again after frying a previous batch. A properly fried doughnut absorbs less oil and saves the restaurant or bakery money because they can buy less oil.
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After frying, the oil makes up approximately 22% of the finished product. Color: Some oils will brown the donut exterior more quickly than others. External texture/mouthfeel: Either oily, dry or waxy.How do you keep donuts from absorbing oil?
Once you take the donuts out of the heat, dry them on a stack of paper towels, which absorb oil that has been transported in the dough. The donuts should finish cooling on a rack so that they do not reabsorb the oil from the paper towels.Does deep-frying absorb more oil?
There's no difference in oil uptake if you fry them at 280 \xb0F or 365 \xb0F. They will absorb the same amount of oil at both temperatures. A wired rack like this is a must-have to let excess oil drain after frying.Why does my Doughnut absorb oil?
But if the oil temperature is too low (lower than around 360\xbaF/183\xb0C), you will end up with very oily doughnuts, since the oil gets trapped and absorbed by the dough. Conversely, if the oil/shortening is too hot, this results in your doughnuts browning too fast and leaving a raw center, or burnt doughnuts, or both!What percentage of fat do yeast doughnuts absorb?
Donut Fat Absorption Yeast donut fat levels (% of the fat of the finished donut with no icings or glazes) should range from 24% to 33%.How to Fry Doughnuts Perfectly | Doughnuts Part 2
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Mesure the oil before frying the donuts, and measure the oil after you finished frying the donuts and divide the difference between the number of donuts.
Let's say, for (simplified) example you want to fry 12 donuts have 4 liters of oil at the beginning, and you have 3.8 liters at the end.
So there's about 200 milliliters that has been absorbed by the 12 donuts, so that about 16 milliliters per donuts.
You can also expand the experience by varying the oil temperature, the donut batter recipe... and see if you can find a good median approximation.
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