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proof that a square of fried dough can outclass anything wearing a crust.
means A square of deep-fried choux or yeasted dough, dusted generously with powdered sugar, most famously associated with New Orleans.
from From French beignet, meaning 'fritter' or 'bump/lump,' which traces back to the Old French buigne — a swelling or bump (the same sense behind a lump raised by a blow). The dough's puffed, pillowy rise earned it a name once reserved for a bruise. French colonists carried the pastry to Louisiana, where it settled into Creole cuisine and became the city's signature sugar-dusted comfort.
- name origin
- French for bump or lump, fittingly humble
- no holes
- unlike doughnuts, beignets refuse the empty middle
- louisiana state
- official doughnut of Louisiana since 1986
- sugar storm
- powdered sugar applied like a controlled avalanche
- new orleans icon
- Café du Monde has fried them since 1862
for instance
beignets de louisiane — traditional french-influenced fried pastry dessert served throughout new orleans, essential to louisiana creole cuisine