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Boucha (Moroccan Fried Dough Sticks)

Name: Boucha (Moroccan Fried Dough Sticks)
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Morocco
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 300 g; instant yeast 5 g; sugar 60 g; warm water 180 ml; vegetable oil 30 ml; caster sugar for coating 80 g; ground cinnamon 4 g; aniseed, crushed 3 g; oil for frying 500 ml

Crisp fried dough sticks rolled in sugar and spice.

70 minutes · 6 servings · Easy

Boucha are the leftovers given a second life, and a Moroccan kitchen keeps them on purpose. Strips of yesterday's dough are fried until they puff and colour, then rolled in sugar with a little spice. They are sold from market stalls in bundles and eaten on the way somewhere, which is the closest thing the country has to a pastry for its own sake.

Ingredients

all-purpose flour300 g
instant yeast5 g
sugar60 g
warm water180 ml
vegetable oil30 ml
caster sugar for coating80 g
ground cinnamon4 g
aniseed, crushed3 g
oil for frying500 ml

Directions

1
Mix flour, yeast, sugar, water and oil; knead 8 minutes.
2
Rise covered 45 minutes.
3
Roll into ropes; cut into short sticks.
4
Fry at 170C for 3 minutes until golden.
sticks are golden and crisp
5
Toss hot in sugar, cinnamon and anise.

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