Beignet - French Doughnuts
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What is a beignet? In the simpliest of terms, beignet - pronounced "ben-yay" - is French for fritter and is an umbrella term for pastries made from deep-fried dough.
While they are often stuffed with fruit, vegetable, seafood or meat fillings, beignets are best known in the United States as a doughnut-like confection that is served hot and covered with powdered sugar. They are often paired with cafe au lait- a 50/50 mix of milk and bold coffee with chicory and are the official state doughnut of Louisiana.
Below, you'll find more information about beignets, including: photos, links to recipes and how-to-make beignets video demonstrations as well as beignet products. You can even weigh-in on where to find the best beignets and are welcome to submit your own favorite recipe.
Check back often for new, updated beignet content.
Bon appetit!
Dessert for Your Eyes
Beignet Photos
How to Make Beignets
Recipes and Step by Step Instructions
- Beignet Making Video Demonstrations
- A series of video demonstrations covering each step in the beignet-making process.
- New Orleans Style Beignet Recipe
- This recipe is featured on NOLACuisine.com
- Beignets with Mississippi Blueberry Sauce
- This recipe comes from the cookbook - Commander's Kitchen: Take Home the True Tastes of New Orleans with 150 Recipes from Commander's Palace Restaurant.
- Peanut Butter Beignets with Carmelized Bananas and Bitter Caramel Ice Cream
- Not for the faint of heart, this is a challenging recipie from epicurious.com
- Brandied Apricot Beignets with Chocolate Dipping Sauce
- Brand and apricots amp up the flavor of this fritter recipie from epicurious.com
- Orange-Scented Beignets
- A quick yet elegant beignet recipe from Gourmet.com
Don't have time to make 'em from scratch?
You can order pre-mixed
Beignet Eating Tips
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#1 DON'T WEAR DARK COLORS
#2 FORGET ABOUT YOUR DIET
#3 ENJOY!
The Best Places to Get Your Beignets
Served Hot and Fresh
- Cafe Du Monde - Original French Market Coffee Stand New Orleans
- the Office site of Cafe Du Monde Original French Market Coffee Stand located in New Orleans
- Cafe Beignet | New Orleans Coffee & Beignets
- New Orleans own Cafe Beignet serves delicious, traditional treats: rich, tasteful coffee with crisp, sweet beignets. Come visit us on Bourbon Street!
- Morning Call Coffee Stand, New Orleans' "most famous coffee drinking place
- Morning Call Coffee Stand, New Orleans' most famous coffee drinking place, has been serving cafe au lait and beignets to generations of locals and visitors since 1870.
Battle of the Beignets
Round One - Cafe du Monde vs. Cafe Beignet
There's no such thing as a bad beignet, but...
Who has the best beignets?
Cafe du Monde
cffutah says:
its dinner time and I'm still at work looking at this. Looks great!
gottaloveit says:
hands down...
pyngthyngs says:
Oh my god, I love Cafe du Monde beignets with their chicory coffee. I'm salivating just typing this... :)
ShirlW says:
I've only been to Cafe du Monde so that's who gets my vote. Love beignet's!
wilddove6 says:
On my only visit to New Orleans, I racked up quite a bill and had to buy an extra suitcase to lug back the cans of coffee and boxes of Beignet mix. It was worth it, but just not the same as sliding through an inch of icing sugar to get to your table :)
Cafe Beignet
Ella says:
I sooooooooooooo want beignets right now!!!!!!!!!
financialadvisers4U says:
I am not sure who makes the best, but I can say that I really need to try some.
OhMe says:
It has been years since we visited New Orleans and had a genuine beignet. I can't remember the name of the place but it was well known for having the best about 30 yrs ago.
LauraFincannon says:
I've never had a bad beignet, but I favor Cafe Beignet's offering. I think it's the texture and heaviness of them that I like best. That said, I don't think I've ever said, "no" to a beignet from Cafe du Monde, either.
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How do you like your beignets?
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VillaDejaBlue
Mar 5, 2012 @ 8:11 am | delete
- Cool lens.
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cffutah
Oct 4, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
- liked indeed! I've gotta go get some food now I'm hungry now that I've viewed this. Also, if you like to browse lens as I do, mine has a great educational topic with poll questions for my readers to enjoy.
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scarlettohairy Sep 11, 2011 @ 1:11 pm | delete
- I like beignets but have never been to Nawlins to enjoy them.
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gottaloveit
Sep 6, 2011 @ 4:49 pm | delete
- I prefer the cocktails on Boubon Street to the sweet treats but they are fun with a cup of coffee on a sunday morning.
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termit_bronx
Sep 5, 2011 @ 8:22 am | delete
- Yummy, they look delicious!
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